An approximation of the radiation integral for distorted reflector antennas using surface-error decomposition

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-10

  Smith, William T ^a   Bastian, Richard James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS;

DISTORTED REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; RADIATION INTEGRAL; SURFACE ERROR DECOMPOSITION; TIME VARYING ERRORS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 0030822446     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.554233     Document Type: Article

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