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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1982
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ta-Shing Chu, Lincroft, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3437 / ; 3437 / ; 343909 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an antenna arrangement capable of correcting for astigmatism over a broadband range, the antenna arrangement comprising a main focusing reflector arrangement (10), such as, for example, a Cassegrain antenna system, a feed (12) and astigmatic correction means (14) disposed between the feed and the main focusing antenna arrangement. The astimatic correction means comprises a first and a second doubly curved subreflector (16, 18) or lens (30, 32) which are curved in orthogonal planes to permit the launching of an astigmatic beam of constant size and shape over a broadband range.