J4 ›› 2014, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 105-111.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2014.05.018

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Inverse derivation of the adjustment quantity of the distorted reflector antenna feed from a far field

LIAN Peiyuan;DUAN Baoyan;WANG Wei;HU Naigang   

  1. (Ministry of Education Key Lab. of Electronic Equipment Structure, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2013-06-19 Online:2014-10-20 Published:2014-11-27
  • Contact: LIAN Peiyuan E-mail:lian100fen@126.com

Abstract:

Reflector surface deformation can be compensated by adjusting the feed position. Aiming at the shortcoming of the traditional method that the best-fit paraboloid(BFP) needs to get the accurate reflector deformation beforehand, a method for the determination of the feed adjustment quantity from a far field is presented in this paper. Based on the aperture field method, explicit expressions for the sensitiveness of a far field to best-fit parameters of the distorted reflector are established. Then the best-fit parameters and the far field are linked with an over-determined linear system of equations, and by measuring the far electric field, the reflector deformation can be approximately calculated by the singular value decomposition method, providing guidance for feed adjustment. There is no need to know the reflector distortion in advance in the proposed method. Simulation cases show the correctness of the proposed method and the validity of the compensation for reflector distortion.

Key words: reflector antenna, far field pattern, inversion model, feed adjustment

CLC Number: 

  • TN823+.27