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  • Switched parasitic feeds for parabolic antenna angle diversity

    Author(s)
    Durnan, GJ
    Thiel, DV
    O'Keefe, SG
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Thiel, David V.
    O'Keefe, Steven G.
    Year published
    1999
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    Abstract
    The radiation direction from a parabolic dish antenna can be electronically controlled through the use of a switched parasitic element closely coupled to a dipole feed. Through the application of a dc voltage, the half‐wavelength‐long parasitic element is switched between open and short circuit using a p‐i‐n diode at its center. With a parasitic element vertically offset from the horizontal dipole, the performance of the antenna in both switch positions has been optimized. At 1.5 GHz, using a 2.4 m diameter reflector, beam skewing on the order of 1.5° at the −6 dB point can be achieved for a feed element spacing of 0.6 ...
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    The radiation direction from a parabolic dish antenna can be electronically controlled through the use of a switched parasitic element closely coupled to a dipole feed. Through the application of a dc voltage, the half‐wavelength‐long parasitic element is switched between open and short circuit using a p‐i‐n diode at its center. With a parasitic element vertically offset from the horizontal dipole, the performance of the antenna in both switch positions has been optimized. At 1.5 GHz, using a 2.4 m diameter reflector, beam skewing on the order of 1.5° at the −6 dB point can be achieved for a feed element spacing of 0.6 wavelengths. At a parasitic element spacing of 0.5 wavelengths, the main lobe is better than 15 dB above the unshifted null. The analysis of such a structure requires the calculation of the current in both the driven element and the parasitic element and the summation of their fields on the surface of the reflector independently.
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    Journal Title
    Microwave & Optical Technology Letters
    Volume
    23
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19991120)23:4<200::AID-MOP2>3.0.CO;2-5
    Subject
    Atomic, molecular and optical physics
    Communications engineering
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/119351
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