Reconfigurable contour beam-reflector antenna synthesis using a mechanical finite-element description of the adjustable surface

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 272-279

  Theunissen, Wilhelmus H ^a,b   Yoon, Hwansik T ^b   Burnside, Walter D ^a,b   Washington, Gregory N ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjustable surface; Reconfigurable contour beam; Reflector antenna

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA SYNTHESIS; CONTOUR BEAM REFLECTOR ANTENNA; DUAL OFFSET REFLECTOR ANTENNA; MECHANICAL FINITE ELEMENT; PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATORS;

ACTUATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS;

EID: 0035246067     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.914294     Document Type: Article

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