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 III focuses on the range of reflector antenna applications, including space, terrestrial, and radar. The intent of this book volume is to provide practical applications and design information on reflector antennas used for several communications systems. This book covers recent developments of reflector antennas used for satellite communications, terrestrial communications, and remote sensing applications. New subjects are introduced for the first time, including satellite antennas, Terahertz antennas, PIM, multipaction, corona, deployable mesh reflector antennas, and mechanical aspects of reflector antennas. In addition, this book contains a separate topic on integrated feed assembly for reflector antennas covering analysis, design, fabrication, and test.
Introduction -Introduction. Reflector Antenna Basics. Organization of Book Chapters.; Reflector Antennas for Space Communications -Introduction. Contoured Beam Antennas. Multiple-Beam Antennas. ; Reflector Antennas for Terrestrial Communications -Introduction. Large Earth Station Reflector Antenna. Tri-Reflector Offset Antenna for Terrestrial Microwave Relay Link Systems. Shaped Beam Horn Reflector Antenna for 20/30-GHz-Band Communication Systems. Offset-Shaped Dual-Reflector Antenna with an Elliptical Aperture for Satellite News Gathering. Low-Profile Dual-Shaped Reflector Antenna with an Elliptical Aperture for Aeronautical Satellite Communication Systems. Compact Reflector Antenna for Ku-Band ESV and VSAT. Single-Reflector Wide-Beam-Spacing Multibeam Antennas. Multisector Omnidirectional Offset-Shaped Reflector Antenna for 26-GHz-Band Fixed Wireless Access Base Station.; Reflector Antennas for Terahertz Imaging Applications -Introduction. Reflector Systems Focusing in the Fresnel Region. Imaging with Focal Plane Arrays. Imaging with Mechanical Scanners. Appendices.; Multiband Reflector Antennas -Introduction. Dual-Band Reflector Antennas with Single Feeds. Dual-Band Reflector Antennas with Multiple Feeds. Multiband Antennas Supporting Several Frequency Bands. Stepped-Reflector Antenna. Reflector Antenna with Reflective and Partially Reflective Surfaces. ; Reflector Antennas for Remote Sensing Applications -Introduction. Solid Nondeployable Composite Reflectors. Deployable Reflector Antennas. Summary.; Feed Assemblies, Passive Intermodulation, Multipaction, and Corona -Introduction. Feed Components. Feed Design. Feed Examples. Qualification and Protoflight Testing. Feed Assembly Deleterious High-Power RF Effects: Passive Intermodulation, Gas Ionization/Corona, and Multipactor. Passive Intermodulation. Multipactor, Corona, and Ionization Breakdown. Appendices.; Deployable Reflectors -Introduction. Reflector Classifications. Segmented Reflectors. Semirigid Surface. Reflectors: Spring-Back Antennas. Inflatable/Rigidizable Reflectors. Woven-Mesh Surface: The Wrap-Rib Reflector. Knitted-Mesh Surface Reflectors. Reflector Subsystem Design Considerations.; Mechanical Aspects of Reflector Antennas for Space Applications - Mechanical Considerations for Spaceflight Antenna Reflectors. Spaceflight Reflector Design Requirements. Mechanical Design Considerations. Construction Considerations. Manufacturing Considerations. Mechanical and Environmental Testing. Concluding Remarks. ;
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Sudhakar Rao
Sudhakar Rao is a Technical Fellow at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. He earned his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
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Lotfollah Shafai
Lotfollah Shafai is the Canada Research Chair in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Manitoba. He earned his Ph. D. in electrical engineering from the University of Toronto.
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Satish K. Sharma
Satish K. Sharma is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the San Diego State University. He earned his Ph. D. in electronics engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi.