DocumentCode
928348
Title
A Family of Designs for Rapid Scanning Radar Antennas
Author
Rinehart, R.F.
Author_Institution
Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio
Volume
40
Issue
6
fYear
1952
fDate
6/1/1952 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
686
Lastpage
688
Abstract
A family of parallel-plate radar lenses is derived from an optical result of Luneberg. These lenses theoretically produce a beam with a straight wave front from a point source of microwave energy located at any point on a certain circle. A constant refractive index greater than one in the planar portion of the lens permits an inversely proportional smaller feed-circle radius. This provides the possibility of reducing feed-circle size to a point where rapid rotation of the source is feasible, producing rapid scan by the output beam.
Keywords
Equations; Feeds; Laser radar; Lenses; Optical refraction; Optical surface waves; Optical variables control; Radar antennas; Refractive index; Surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IRE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0096-8390
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JRPROC.1952.274061
Filename
4051021
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