A backward angle-fire array antenna

✍ Scribed by Kraus, J.

• Book ID: 118004632
• Publisher: IEEE
• Year: 1964
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 223 KB
• Volume: 12
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0018-926X
• DOI: 10.1109/tap.1964.1138171

✦ Synopsis

A new type of array is described which consists of a grid or mesh structure situated parallel and close to a flat conducting sheet. It operates as a linearly polarized traveling-wave antenna with the main lobe of radiation in a backward a n g l e -~e direction. The direction of the beam is a function of the frequency. Operation of the antenna is analyzed by simple array theory and comparisons are made between calculated and measured performance. An application of the array as a radio telescope antenna is mentioned.