Using Conducting Wire at A-Sandwich Junctions to Improve the Transmission Performance of Radomes

Yoshio INASAWA
Toshio NISHIMURA
Jun TSURUTA
Hiroaki MIYASHITA
Yoshihiko KONISHI

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E91-B    No.8    pp.2764-2767
Publication Date: 2008/08/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.8.2764
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Antennas and Propagation
Keyword: 
A-sandwich,  radome,  transmission performance,  junction,  conducting wire,  

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Summary: 
We present design procedures for using conducting wires in A-sandwich junctions to achieve high transmission performance; bench-test results validate the procedures. The scattering characteristics of the junction are obtained by solving the electric field integral equation of volumetric equivalent currents. The transmission performance is evaluated by subtracting the scattered fields of the same-sized A-sandwich panel in order to offset the effect of edge diffraction. Optimum wire width is determined by examining transmission performance with different arrangements. The designed junction achieves high transmission performance. The measured scattering characteristics of a bench model demonstrate the validity of the presented method.