Er. Ramesh Kr. Majhi
September 28, 2018
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Reflector antenna:
-reflectors
are widely used to modify the radiation patterns of a radiating element.
Microwave antenna:
UHF
and SHF bands are resp. 300-3000MHz, and 3000-30000MHz but the microwave region
extends from 1GHz to 100 GHz. The transmitting and receiving antennas in
microwave frequencies are directive with high gain and narrow BW in both
horizontal and vertical planes.
-As
the frequencies increases, the wavelength decreases and thus it becomes easier
to construct and antenna system that are large in terms of wavelength and which
therefore can be made to have greater directivity.
Types of reflectors:
(i). Rod reflector:
-mainly
used in yagi-antenna
-placed
behind the driven elements
-
L = λ/2
-
it offers inductive reactance and contributes in increasing the gain
-main
disadvantage is: it alters impedance of driven element
(ii). phase reflector:
-simplest reflector to direct electromagnetic
energy in desired direction
-But
it is difficult to collimate the energy in forward direction
Fig: phase reflector
-In
fact polarization of the primary antenna and its position with respect to the
reflecting surface is used to control the pattern characteristics, impedances,
power gain, and directivity of complete system
(iii). Corner reflector:
-is
a reflecting object, which consists of two or three, mutually intersecting,
conducting flatter surfaces
-Dihedral
forms of corner reflector are frequently used in antenna
-Trihedral
forms with mutually perpendicular surfaces are used as radar targets
Where,
d
= aperture size, l = length
d1
= spacing between vertex and feed point location
α – angle (inclined angle)
-A
corner reflector is designed to improve the collimation of electromagnetic
energy in the forward direction and to eliminate radiation in back and side direction
Features:
(a).
most preferred value of α = 90°
(b).
d1 is increased if α is decreased and vice-versa in order to improve efficiency
(c).
when α is small, gain is increased by increasing the length of sides of
reflector
(d).
used as passive target for radar and communication application to return the
signal exactly in same direction by choosing α = 90°
-due
to this unique feature, most of defense-ships and vehicles are designed with
minimum sharp corners to reduce the chances of their detection by enemies’
radars.
-also
used in home television antennas
# Parabolic Reflector:
-It is the reflector antenna,
which has the shape of paraboloid and employs the properties of parabola
Fig: Different
types of parabolic feeder
-parabolic
reflectors are based on the geometric
optical principles
-A
parabola may be defined as the locus of a point, which moves in such a way that
it’s distance from the fixed point called focus plus its distance from a
straight line called directrix is constant
Fig: Geometry of parabolic reflector
The
parabola is a two-direction plane curve
OF=Focal
length = f
O
= Vertex
F
= Focus
OO´ = Axis of parabola
AB = directrix
By
the definition of parabola, we have
FP
+ PP´ = FQ + QQ´ = FS + SS´ = constant (K)
Where
K = a constant depends on the shape of parabola curve
The
eqn of parabola is
y2 = 4 fx
-the
open mouth (D) of parabola is known as Aperture
-the
ration of focal length to aperture size
i.e.
. (f/D) known as ‘f over D ratio’ is an important
characteristic of parabolic reflector and its value usually varies between 0.25
to 0.50