Reflector Antenna Designs for Airborne Radar Applications

Abstract

This paper examines simple Cassegrain, Twist-Cassegrain, and Inverse Cassegrain reflector antenna designs for airborne radar applications. The author chooses an optimized Twist-Cassegrain design and examines its performance using the Hughes Vector Diffraction simulation run on an IBM 3038 mainframe at building R-2, Radar Systems Group, Hughes Aircraft Company, Los Angeles, CA. Numerous historical examples of Twist-Cassegrain designs are also presented. Theses. (JHD)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA218059

Entities

People

  • George M. Besenyei

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircrafts
  • Bandwidth
  • Cassegrain Antennas
  • Circular Polarization
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Diffraction
  • Frequency Bands
  • Geometry
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Polarization
  • Radar
  • Reflectors
  • Simulations
  • Transmission Lines
  • Waveplates

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Phased Array Antenna Design.