Compensation of reflector surface distortions using conjugate field matching
- 1 January 1986
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 24, 259-262
- https://doi.org/10.1109/aps.1986.1149756
Abstract
The feasibility of compensating for reflector surface distortions has been investigated. The performance characteristics (gain, sidelobe level, null location, beamwidth, etc.) of space communication reflector antenna systems degrade as the reflector surface distorts due to thermal effects from a varying solar flux. The technique reported here will maintain the design radiation performance independently of thermal effects on the reflector surface. With the advent of monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMIC), a greater flexibility in array-fed reflector system design can be achieved. MMIC arrays provide independent control of amplitude and phase for each of many radiating elements of the feed array. The conjugate field matching technique provides a basis for obtaining the required element excitations under surface distortion for maintaining the design radiation performance. It is assumed that the surface characteristics (x, y, z, 1st derivaties, and 2nd derivatives) under distortion are known.Keywords
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