SONG Li-wei, DUAN Bao-yan, ZHENG Fei, et al. The Effect of Surface Error on Reflector Antenna Performance[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2009, 37(3): 552-556.
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SONG Li-wei, DUAN Bao-yan, ZHENG Fei, et al. The Effect of Surface Error on Reflector Antenna Performance[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2009, 37(3): 552-556.DOI:
The Effect of Surface Error on Reflector Antenna Performance
To study the effect of the surface errors on reflector antenna performance
a computational model including systematic distortions and random errors was presented.In the model
power pattern was given by the aperture-field method according to the relation between surface errors and the phase distribution of aperture plane.Then power patterns were simulated and it is shown that random errors work in every azimuth angles and systematic distortions generate grating lobes in a few angles
the location and level of grating lobes depend on the systematic distortions.Finally
the model was applied to a practical antenna with the diameter of 8 meters
the results show that the proposed model is valid.