Waveguide Slot Array Design

Résumé du livre

"A slot cut in the wall of a hollow waveguide forms an interesting and useful type of radiator of electromagnetic energy. The slots which are discussed in this report are resonant or nearly resonant; that is, the slots are approximately one-half wavelength long. By positioning a series of these slots along a length of waveguide, a linear array antenna can be formed which has excellent electrical characteristics and which has mechanical advantages over other types of antennas. To design such an array, the radiation and impedance characteristics of the individual slots must be known. Chapter II presents in complete form the theory of operation of individual slot radiators, methods of measuring their characteristics, and an extensive collection of useful slot design data. Chapter III presents some of the theoretical and experimental aspects of arrays which use slot radiators as exciting elements."--Author's abstract.