Useful coordinate transformations for antenna applications
Abstract
General coordinate transformations which are commonly encountered in many antenna applications are presented. Neither the feed coordinates nor the far-field pattern coordinates in general coincide with the antenna coordinates. Transformations discussed allow one to relate the spherical and cartesian components of one system to the spherical and cartesian components of the other system. In particular, attempts are made to use unified notations to assist in a straightforward application of the transformations.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- July 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1979.1142138
- Bibcode:
- 1979ITAP...27..571R
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Feeds;
- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Coordinate Transformations;
- Cartesian Coordinates;
- Matrices (Mathematics);
- Communications and Radar