This paper introduces a Design of dual reflector Cassegrain feed system antenna with suitable design aspects like smaller reflector and sub reflector diameter for higher sub reflector efficiency, lower Cassegrain blockage losses and desired illumination taper. Design parameters are computed from the simple and explicit analytical formulas. Design example is represented to differentiate the effi...

Dual reflector antennas are considered as pencil beam antennas that can produce radiation identical to searchlight. Cassegrain Reflector Antenna Design consists of various effects caused by blockage by primary feed or by the subreflector and its effect on overall performance. The objective of the paper is to provide the overview of the designing approach that is used to design the axially symme...

Because of special structure, a dual reflector antenna has beam rotation capability in azimuth and elevation directions. In this structure, the antenna beam can be placed in any point in the space by mechanical movement of twist reflector which it is the most important ability of the antenna. Due to the antenna structure, if the polarization of incident wave is linear, it is expected that the p...

Light-trapping structures are more demanding for optimal light absorption in thin film silicon solar cells. Accordingly, new design engineering of solar cells has been emphasized and found to be effective to achieve improved performance. This paper deals with a design of thin film silicon solar cells and explores the influence of bottom grating and combination of top and bottom (dual) grating a...

The dual polarized reflector antenna used for satellite communications consists of two reflectors; one reflector is solid, the other consists of metal grid. The structure is complicated and the bandwidth is narrow. This antenna structure can be simplified by removing the metal grid and using the solid reflector together with a thin electromagnetic band gap material pasted to the surface of the ...

Cassegrain Reflector Antenna Design consists of various effects caused by blockage and its effect on overall performance. The design for minimum blockage condition results in geometry that offers lower amount of blockage and increased spillover past the subreflector. To avoid this, optimized design of the antenna results in geometry that offers lower amount of spillover past the edges of the ma...

The suitability of various radiating systems for generating a directive high power microwave (HPhl ) beam is investigated. It is concluded that offset reflector antenna systems are well suited for this purpose. An HPM reflector antenna may consist of one or two reflectors that are illuminated by single or array feeds. To accurately predict the performance of an HPM reflector antenna, a versatil...

We describe here the construction and testing of an IRA with dual polarity. Four feed arms are evenly spaced around the reflector, and each channel consists of a pair of arms on opposite sides of the reflector. Each channel uses a standard balun to convert the 50-ohm input impedance to 200 ohms. Since the characteristic impedance of each channel is 400 ohms, there is a 2:1 impedance mismatch at...