How to calculate aperture efficiency for an antenna with the following parameters:
- Big reflector diameter= 24 mm
- Gain= 9.265 dbi
- Frequency= 11.60 GHz
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1$\begingroup$ 24mm? Did you mean cm? $\endgroup$– Phil Frost - W8IIOct 14, 2019 at 16:04
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For any antenna, also for wire antennas, you can calculate so called effective area with $A_{eff} = \frac{\lambda^2}{(4\pi)}G$. An ideal antenna with surface area of $A_{eff}$ absorbs the same amount of power from the plane wave as that antenna. Aperture efficiency is defined as ratio of effective and physical surface area $\eta_{ap} = A_{eff}/A_{phys}$. For a circular reflector antenna the physical size is the area of your antenna facing the incoming plane wave $ A_{phys} = \pi(d/2)^2$.
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$\begingroup$ Hi,Thank you, but what about Aphys(how I can calculate Aphys if I have the big reflector Diameter =24mm) $\endgroup$ Oct 14, 2019 at 8:42
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4$\begingroup$ Are you sure about the input values? On a closer look it seems that your antenna diameter is barely a wavelength, not exactly a "big reflector" $\endgroup$– OH2FXNOct 14, 2019 at 11:19
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$\begingroup$ Antennas diameter is 26 mm,antennas height is 13.128 mm, gain is 9,265 dBi and frequency is 11.6 GHz. $\endgroup$ Oct 14, 2019 at 12:04
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$\begingroup$ @KawaAbdoula to repeat what the others have said: a reflector that's not even one wavelength is not a "big reflector". It doesn't actually work well as reflector, at all. $\endgroup$ Oct 14, 2019 at 21:39