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Smooth‐walled spline‐profile Ka‐band horn covering both the full commercial and military bands
Author(s) -
Granet Christophe,
James Graeme L.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.23551
Subject(s) - ka band , french horn , feed horn , microwave , horn antenna , engineering , radio spectrum , spline (mechanical) , reflector (photography) , satellite , electrical engineering , optics , antenna (radio) , physics , telecommunications , directional antenna , acoustics , radiation pattern , aerospace engineering , structural engineering , slot antenna , periscope antenna , light source
As an alternative to the corrugated horn, a low‐cost smooth‐walled spline‐profile horn has been designed to cover the complete Ka‐band satellite bands. This new horn is used as a feed in a typical dual‐reflector antenna to demonstrate the overall antenna system meets the usual performance requirements. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 50: 2119–2121, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.23551