Front Cover; Analysis of Reflector Antennas; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; Chapter I. INTRODUCTION; 1.1 The Collection and Collimation of Electromagnetic Energy ; 1.2 Reflectors versus Electronically Scanned Phased Arrays; 1.3 Organization of the Material in This Book; References; Chapter II. EQUATIONS OF THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; 2.1 Basic Relationships; 2.2 The Wave Equation; 2.3 Geometrical Optics; 2.4 The Geometrical Theory of Diffraction; 2.5 Scalar Diffraction Theory of Kirchhoff and Helmholtz; 2.6 The Vector Kirchhoff Diffraction Integrals.

2.7 Discussion of the Integral and Geometrical Theories of ScatteringReferences; Chapter III. PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; 3.1 Fundamental Properties of Antennas; 3.2 Paraboloid Aperture Efficiency as a Function of the Illumination; 3.3 Radiation Patterns; 3.4 Reflector Mismatch and Feed Scattering; References; Chapter IV. COMPUTER-AIDED ANALYSIS AND DESIGN; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Use of Computers in the Analysis and Design of Large, Steerable Reflector Antennas; 4.3 Computer Analysis and Design of a Complete Antenna System; References; APPENDIX: Derivation of the Vector Field Integrals.