Shafai L., Sharma S.K. Handbook of Reflector Antennas and Feed Systems. Volume 2. Feed Systems

Artech House, 2013. — 450 p. — ISBN10: 1608075176. — ISBN13: 978-1608075171.This is the first truly comprehensive and most up-to-date handbook available on modern reflector antennas and feed sources for diversified space and ground applications. There has never been such an all-encompassing reflector handbook in print, and no currently available title offers coverage of such recent research developments. The Handbook consists of three volumes. Volume 2 focuses on feed sources.
Reflector antennas are extraordinary devices that combine high gain with geometrical simplicity, and can operate in broad frequency bands. Their performance, however, depends on the electrical characteristics of the feed system with which they operate. This comprehensive volume provides you with a solid understanding of feed system theory, design, and analysis.
Featuring chapters authored by experts in each aspect of feed systems, this book takes you from fundamental mathematical techniques, electrically small and large dual reflectors, feed geometry and telemetry, tracking and command antennas, and more. Throughout the book numerous examples are provided to guide you in the practical aspects of feed design.Chapter.Introduction.
The Feed System.
Phase Center Determination.
Feed Efficiency.
Organization of the Book.
References.
Numerical Methods.
Smooth Wall Multimode Horns for High Aperture Efficiency—Theory, Design, and Applications.
Profiled Horns and Feeds.
Soft and Hard Horn Antennas.
Circularly Polarized Feed Antennas.
Generalized Asymmetric Reflector Antenna Feeds for Polarization Control and Adaptive Virtual Array Design.
Array Antennas and Low-Gain TT&C Antennas.
Introduction.
Array Antennas.
Low Gain TT&C Antennas.
References.
About the Editors.