Abstract
The improvement in the aperture efficiency of impulse radiating antennas using polarization control is discussed. The aperture efficiency is further increased by reorientation of the fields in the aperture plane using a uniaxially conducting mesh. The local direction of conduction is determined by computing the TEM mode distribution in the aperture plane and projecting that on to the paraboloidial surface through a stereographic projection. The result shows that the replacement of the solid paraboloidal reflector with a mesh of uniaxially conducting wires, substantially increase the radiated fields from Impulse Radiating Antennas.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1764-1767 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest) |
| Volume | 2 |
| State | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society Symposium 2004 Digest held in Conjunction with: USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting - Monterey, CA, United States Duration: Jun 20 2004 → Jun 25 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering