Offset-parabolic-reflector antennas: A review
- 1 January 1978
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Proceedings of the IEEE
- Vol. 66 (12) , 1592-1618
- https://doi.org/10.1109/proc.1978.11170
Abstract
Although used for some decades, the offset-parabolicreflector antenna's electrical properties and performance were not accurately modeled and optimized until the 1960's. This paper reviews, in a tutorial fashion, the state of the art of this important antenna for readers who are not necessarily experts in antenna theory and technology. After a discussion of fundamentals, the performances of both single- and double-reflector configurations are treated and compared, and practical primary feeds are described. Comments are given on the present status of analysis and design and on problems to be solved.Keywords
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