RADOME ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES

Satria , Dimas and Christiyono, Yuli and Zahra , Ajub Ajulian (2012) RADOME ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES. Undergraduate thesis, Jurusan Teknik Elektro Fakultas Teknik.

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Abstract

Radar Dome, or usually called Radome, is usually placed over the antenna as an antenna protector from any physical thing that can break it. Ideally, radome does not degrade antenna performance. In fact, it may change antenna performance and cause several effects, such as boresight error, changing antenna side lobe level and depolarization. The antenna engineer must take stringent analysis to estimate the changes of performance due to placing radome. Methods in the analysis using fast receiving formulation based on Lorentz reciprocity and Geometrical Optics. The radome has been tilted for some angle combinations in azimuth and elevation with respect to the antenna under test in order to get the difference responses. From the results of measuring and analyzing the radome, it can be concluded that radome can change the antenna performance, including boresight shift, null fill-in and null shifting for difference signals, and changing antenna radiation pattern. In the CATR measurement with two reflectors, the extraneous signal which originates from feed is minimized by adding absorber at the side of the feed. Several things that affect to the accuracy of the simulation program are extraneous signal, loss tangent uncertainty, diffraction, and dielectric uncertainty and inhomogeneity. Key Words: Radome, CATR, Antenna, Boresight Error

Item Type:Thesis (Undergraduate)
Subjects:T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:Faculty of Engineering > Department of Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering > Department of Electrical Engineering
ID Code:35590
Deposited By:INVALID USER
Deposited On:20 Jun 2012 20:12
Last Modified:20 Jun 2012 20:12

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