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

✍ Scribed by Omid Sotoudeh; Per-Simon Kildal; Zvonimir Sipus


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2005
Tongue
English
Weight
330 KB
Volume
44
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-2477

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Abstract

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. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 44: 516–523, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.20684