Reconfigurable contour beam generation using a smart subreflector antenna system

Hwan-Sik Yoon; Gregory N. Washington; Wilhelmus H. Theunissen

doi:10.1117/12.388890

21 June 2000 Reconfigurable contour beam generation using a smart subreflector antenna system

Hwan-Sik Yoon, Gregory N. Washington, Wilhelmus H. Theunissen

Proceedings Volume 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388890
Event: SPIE's 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

A novel way to design, synthesize and adjust the reconfigurable dual offset contour beam reflector antenna employing an adjustable subreflector is presented. The work also presents a graphical user interface based computer code that connects the electro-magnetic effects to the mechanical surface deflections. The subreflector surface is described by using the finite element method and the far-field radiation pattern is calculated by reflector diffraction synthesis. The reflector surface shape is adjusted using a set of linear piezoelectric point actuators attached to its back surface, from which the diffraction synthesis code calculates the radiation pattern. An example of this method applied to the contiguous US is also presented. As a future work, a software package will be built where the finite element code and the diffraction synthesis code are combined, and it will be used for advanced actuator placement and reflector design problem.

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Hwan-Sik Yoon, Gregory N. Washington, and Wilhelmus H. Theunissen "Reconfigurable contour beam generation using a smart subreflector antenna system", Proc. SPIE 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS, (21 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388890

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