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What is beam efficiency for an aperture antenna?

  • A.The ratio of the effective aperture area to the physical aperture area used
  • B.The proportion of the aperture illuminated to within one decibel of the peak
  • C.The fraction of radiated power inside the main lobe
  • D.The fraction of the input power that is actually radiated by the structure

Answer: C

Beam efficiency is the power contained in the main lobe divided by the total radiated power, and it matters wherever radiation from outside the beam contaminates a measurement, as in radiometry, remote sensing and radio astronomy. A heavily tapered aperture has excellent beam efficiency and mediocre aperture efficiency, which is why the two specifications pull in opposite directions. The other options define radiation efficiency, aperture efficiency and an illumination measure, and the three efficiencies must never be interchanged.

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