Calculation of ring-shaped phase centers of feeds for ring-focus paraboloids

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 524-528

  Yang, Jian ^b   Kildal, Per Simon ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); INTEGRATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

HAT FEED; PHASE CENTER; REFLECTOR SHAPING; RING FOCUS PARABOLOIDS;

ANTENNA FEEDERS;

EID: 0033707827     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.843665     Document Type: Article

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