Unit 3

Aperture Antennas

Dr. S. Ramprabhu
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronics Engineering
Madras Institute of Technology
Anna University
Chennai 600 044
Reflector Antennas
 Session Meta Data

Author Dr. S. Ramprabhu

Version No 1.1

Release Date 06-10-2023

Reviewer

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 Revision History

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 Session Objectives

 To study the radiation mechanism of reflector antenna

 To introduce the antenna parameters for reflector
antennas

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 Session Outcomes

 At the end of the session, students will be able to

 Understand the radiation mechanism of reflector
antenna

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 Reflector Antennas
• Demands of reflectors for use in radio astronomy, microwave
communication, and satellite tracking resulted in the
development of analytical and experimental techniques in
shaping the reflector surfaces and optimizing illumination
over their apertures so as to maximize the gain.

• Reflector antennas are used for deep-space communication,

i.e., space program and especially on the surface of the moon.

• Most popular shapes of the reflector antennas are the plane,

corner, and curved reflectors (especially the paraboloid)

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 Reflector Antennas

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 Corner Reflector

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 Corner Reflector

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 Parabolic Reflector Antennas

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 Parabolic Reflector Antennas

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 Vertical Dipole over Infinite Ground

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 Directivity and Radiation Resistance

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 Radiation Pattern

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 Horizontal Dipole over Infinite Ground

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 Directivity and Radiation Resistance

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 Radiation Pattern

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 Parabolic Reflector Antenna

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 Parabolic Reflector Antenna

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 Parabolic Reflector Antenna

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 Gain and Directivity

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 Effect of Feed Pattern on Efficiency

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 Types of Reflector Antennas

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 Cassegrain Reflector

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 Advantages
 Feed horn and the associated Tx/Rx can be conveniently located
behind the main reflector

 Less requirement of long length cables

 Horn and the primary reflector are facing the same direction. Hence
the antenna noise temperature is less if the antenna focuses sky

 Large aperture horns can be selected increasing the gain and

directivity

 Reduces the overhead on sub-reflectors.

 Virtual focus can be close to the sub reflector for small ‘f’ and ‘θo’

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 Summary
 We have learnt radiation mechanism of reflector antennas
 We have studied the different types of reflector antennas

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