Title :
Null placing in radiation patterns by shaping antenna edges
Author :
James, GraemeL. ; Kerdemelidis, Vassilios
Author_Institution :
University of Canterbury, Department of Electrical Engineering, Christchurch, New Zealand
Abstract :
A simple null-placing technique is given by the shaping of antenna edges in the form of a step at the critical point of radiation. The E plane pattern of a pyramidal horn is used as an example, for which theoretical and measured results are given.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; receiving antennas; antenna radiation patterns; edges; null placing; pyramidal horn; receiving antennas; sidelobe radiation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19720319
