Title :
Technique for compensating for reflector-antenna-surface errors with long correlation lengths
Author :
Parker, Edward A. ; Cowles, P.R.
Author_Institution :
University of Kent at Canterbury, Electronics Laboratories, Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
The profile of a secondary mirror has been figured to compensate for errors with long correlation lengths on the surface of a parabolic reflector 2.8 m in diameter. At 34 GHz, a gain improvement of 2.9 dB was obtained, with a corresponding decrease in the sidelobe level close to the main beam.
Keywords :
correlation theory; reflector antennas; errors with long correlation lengths; gain improvement; parabolic reflector; reflector antenna surface error compensation; secondary mirror profile; sidelobe level close reduction;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720267
