Study of high-efficiency corrugated hard-horn antennas using classical approaches: Hard circular waveguide mode, phase factor, and aperture integration
Journal article, 2005

In this paper, a classical-type approach is used to analyze the hard horn antenna. The quasi-TEM mode in the longitudinally corrugated cylindrical waveguide is found by using the homogenized asymptotic boundary conditions. The finite horn length is accounted for by including a phase factor in the waveguide-aperture fields, and the radiation patterns are finally obtained by aperture integration. The bandwidth is found to be much wider than previously anticipated with respect to low cross-polarization. Also, an advanced mode-matching code has been used for verification of the aperture field and the radiation patterns obtained with the much faster classical model.

Author

Omid Sotoudeh

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Per-Simon Kildal

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Z. Sipus

University of Zagreb

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

0895-2477 (ISSN) 1098-2760 (eISSN)

Vol. 44 6 516-523

Subject Categories

Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering

DOI

10.1002/mop.20684

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