A circularly symmetric antenna design with high polarization purity and low spillover

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 117-124

  Holler, Christian M ^a,b   Taylor, Angela C ^a   Jones, Michael E ^a   King, Oliver G ^c   Muchovej, Stephen J C ^c   Stevenson, Matthew A ^c   Wylde, Richard J ^d,e   Copley, Charles J ^f   Davis, Richard J ^g   Pearson, Timothy J ^c   Readhead, Anthony C S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ESSLINGEN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e THOMAS KEATING LTD   (United Kingdom)

^f RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; antenna radiation patterns; radio astronomy; reflector antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; DESIGN; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); RADIO ASTRONOMY; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; ROADWAY SUPPORTS; SURVEYS;

ALL-SKY; ALL-SKY SURVEY; ANTENNA DESIGN; ANTENNA MEASUREMENT; BEAM PERFORMANCE; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DESIGN SIMULATIONS; MAIN BEAMS; NOISE FLOOR; POLARIZATION PURITY; REFLECTOR ANTENNAS; SECONDARY MIRROR; SIDE LOBES; SIGNAL LEVEL; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE LOADINGS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84872054201     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2219843     Document Type: Article

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