Prediction of Aperture Efficiency Ripple in Clear Aperture Offset Gregorian Antennas

Aperture Efficiency Analysis of Reflectarray Antennas

In the design procedure of a reflectarray antenna system, the aperture efficiency needs to be first analyzed to forecast the system performance. This article investigates the effects of the reflectarray configuration parameters on the antenna aperture efficiency. A general approach is introduced to calculate the spillover efficiency of a reflectarray with arbitrarily shaped aperture and feed sc...

The Object Detection Efficiency in Synthetic Aperture Radar Systems

The main purpose of this paper is to develop the method of characteristic functions for calculating the detection characteristics in the case of the object surrounded by rough surfaces. This method is to be implemented in synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems using optimal resolution algorithms. By applying the specified technique, the expressions have been obtained for the false alarm and cor...

Effective wavelength scaling of rectangular aperture antennas.

We investigate the resonances of aperture antennas from the visible to the terahertz regime, with comparison to comprehensive simulations. Simple piecewise analytic behavior is found for the wavelength scaling over the entire spectrum, with a linear regime through the visible and near-IR. This theory will serve as a useful and simple design tool for applications including biosensors, nonlinear ...

An Algorithm to Calculate Phase-Center Offset of Aperture Antennas when Measuring 2-Dimensional Radiation Patterns

Wideband Vivaldi Arrays for Large Aperture Antennas

Singleand dual-polarized arrays of Vivaldi notch elements have been extensively analyzed by using efficient numerical analyses. From these analyses and from experimental studies, element designs and array configurations have been determined to provide more than two octaves of bandwidth while scanning to 45° from broadside in all directions. Parameter studies illustrating the effects of some key...