Ray tracing method for doubly curved reflector surfaces
C. J. Sletten
Abstract
C. J. Sletten
Abstract
Shaped reflector surfaces designed for microwave antennas are often defined by a regular grid of discrete points. A ray tracing procedure useful for computing aperture and power distributions produced by an arbitrarily shaped reflector surface is described.
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Shaped reflector surfaces designed for microwave antennas are often defined by a regular grid of discrete points. A ray tracing procedure useful for computing aperture and power distributions produced by an arbitrarily shaped reflector surface is described.
Key concepts: Reflector (photography), Ray tracing (physics), Optics, Surface (topology), Aperture (computer memory), Beam tracing, Tracing, Microwave