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Effect of feed phase errors on the crosspolarization of offset reflector antennas
Author(s) -
Pour Zahra Allahgholi,
Shafai Lotfollah
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25643
Subject(s) - offset (computer science) , reflector (photography) , optics , phase (matter) , quadratic equation , microwave , physics , range (aeronautics) , parabolic antenna , mathematics , materials science , computer science , geometry , light source , quantum mechanics , composite material , programming language
Abstract The impact of feed phase errors on the crosspolarization of offset reflector antennas is studied.The primary feed is assumed to be linearly polarized, with symmetrical E ‐ and H ‐plane patterns independent of ϕ. They are modeled by a cos n θ function, along with an extra term to account for the phase errors. Both linear and quadratic phase variations are studied. A broad range of focal length to diameter ratios, f / D from 0.5 to 1.1, are considered to investigate the crosspolarization properties in the presence of phase errors. It is shown that the reflector crosspolarization increases drastically when there is a linear phase error associated with the primary feed pattern. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 53:231–235, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.25643