The Short-Backfire Antenna

Abstract

A new type of antenna, the 'Short Backfire,' consists of two plane reflectors, spaced approximately half a wavelength apart, and the feed between them. It develops a high gain and its patterns have a very low sidelobe level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 02, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625972

Entities

People

  • H. W. Ehrenspeck

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Antennas
  • Backfire Antennas
  • Classification
  • Department Of Defense
  • Directional Antennas
  • Gain
  • High Gain
  • Instrumentation
  • Measurement
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Reflectors
  • Security
  • Spectrometers
  • Telemetry Equipment
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Engineering

Readers

  • Phased Array Antenna Design.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Satellites