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Ray tracing technique for shaping a dual reflector antenna system

Ahsan et al., 2016

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11894180976330930223
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Ahsan M
Islam M
Yamada Y
Misran N
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Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences

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In radio astronomy applications, antennas having the highest aperture efficiencies are requested. In order to meet this request, a reflector shaping program for dual reflector antennas has been developed. The design procedure is based on the geometrical optics …
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