Accession Number:

AD0265971

Title:

ON ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS IN THE PRESENCE OF GROUND

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Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS LABS FORT MONMOUTH N J

Personal Author(s):

• BRUECKMANN,HELMUT
• CAMPBELL,DONN V.

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Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

The effect of ground reflections upon the far field of an elliptically polarized antenna of ar itrary orientation with r spect to ground is investigated. The equation of the polarization ellipse produced by an elliptically polarized antenna in the presence of ground is derived, AND SEVERAL EXAMPLES ILLUSTRATE THE VARIATION IN THE AXIS RATIO OF THE POLARIZATION ELLIPSE AS A FUNCTION OF THE GEOMETRY OF THE MEASURING SETUP. A method is presented which permits calculating the phase angle between the direct and the ground reflected component and their amplitude ratio from parameters accessible to measurement. It can be modified to permit separating the effects of the presence of ground from the radiation properties of the antenna itself when these properties are not known and cannot be measured in the absence of ground. Author

Descriptors:

• *INFORMATION THEORY
• ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• INTERFERENCE
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• MEASUREMENT
• SURFACES

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE