Basic Parabolic Antenna Types

Standard Focal Plane

Parabolic Antenna
Antenna

Shielded GRIDPAK®
(Radomes) Antenna
Antenna
Standard Parabolic Antenna

• Basic Antenna
• Comprised of
– Reflector
– Feed Assembly
– Mount
Shielded Antenna

• Absorber-Lined Shield
• Improved Feed System
• Protection Against Ice, Snow
and Dirt
• Better against the wind
Focal Plane Antenna

• Deeper Reflector
• Edge Geometry
• Slightly Lower Gain
GRID Antenna

• Grid Reflector
• Low Wind load
• Below 2.7GHz
 The Parabola General Properties
2𝐿 = 𝑅(1 + cos𝜃 ሻ
2𝐿
𝑜𝑟, 𝑅=
1 + cos𝜃

PF = PQ

PS = QS – PQ and PF = PQ
PF + PS = PF + QS – PQ = QS
Hence the distance from the focus to S is
Line Source and Paraboloidal Reflector
 Paraboloidal Reflector
The surface generated by the revolution of a parabola around its axis is called a
paraboloidal or a parabola of revolution.
 𝑆𝑦 1
𝑃 = 𝑑𝑦 𝑆𝑦 Where Sy = the power density at y
′
= 𝑑
𝑈 𝑅 sin 𝜃
𝑑𝜃
Also, 𝑃 = 𝑑θ 𝑈′ Where U’ = the power per
unit length in z direction
2𝐿
𝑅=
𝑆𝑦 𝑑𝑦 = 𝑈′𝑑θ 1 + cos 𝜃
 1 + cos 𝜃
𝑆𝑦 =
2𝐿
𝑆𝜃 1 + cos 𝜃 𝐸𝜃 1 + cos 𝜃
= =
𝑆0 2 𝐸0 2
 𝑃 = 2𝜋𝜌 𝑑𝜌 𝑆𝜌 Sρ = power density at a distance ρ from the axis.

𝑃 = 2𝜋 sin 𝜃 𝑑𝜃 U U – the radiation intensity

𝜋𝜌 𝑑𝜌 𝑆𝜌 = sin 𝜃 𝑑𝜃 U

𝑆𝜌 sin 𝜃 2𝐿 sin 𝜃
= 𝜌 = 𝑅 sin 𝜃 =
𝑈 𝜌 𝑑𝜌
𝑑𝜃 1 + cos 𝜃

2
1 + cos 𝜃
𝑆𝜌 = 𝑈
4𝐿2
2 𝐸𝜃 1 + cos 𝜃
𝑆𝜃 1 + cos 𝜃 =
= 𝐸0 2
𝑆0 4
Patterns of Large Circular Aperture with Uniform
Illumination
 Circular Aperture

Rectangular Aperture
Prob. Calculate the beamwidth between nulls of a 2-m paraboloid
reflector used at 6GHz.

Calculate the gain of the antenna.

Feed Mechanisms
 Parabolic reflector:

A parabolic reflector
adds all the fields from a surface = aperture
at a focal point.
 Hyperbolic reflector:

. .

A
B

Light from the point A

reflecting off the hyperbola
appears to come from point B
 Hyperbolic reflector:

B
A

Light converging towards B

reflecting off the hyperbola

converges at A
1) Design a log-periodic array operating from 50 MHz to 200
MHz for which the scale factor or design ratio (τ) and the
spacing between two consecutive elements in terms of
wavelength (𝜎) are 0.822 and 0.149 respectively. Find out the
number of dipoles required to cover this bandwidth.
Design a log-periodic dipole antenna to cover all UHF TV channels from 470 MHz to
890 MHz. Each channel has a bandwidth of 6 MHz. The desired directivity is 8 dBi.

From Antenna Theory to Practice by YK Hung; Page – 160, Prob 5.3