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Enhanced window breakdown threshold of the split‐horn antenna using an E‐plane field shaper
Author(s) -
Choi JunHo,
Shin JinWoo,
So JoonHo
Publication year - 2017
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.30302
Subject(s) - horn antenna , antenna (radio) , french horn , optics , aperture (computer memory) , electrical engineering , microwave , antenna factor , materials science , antenna aperture , radiation pattern , physics , optoelectronics , acoustics , engineering , slot antenna , telecommunications
A compact split‐horn antenna with a high‐power handling capability to be able to radiate high‐power pulse energy through vacuum dielectric window into the free space without the occurrence of dielectric/air breakdown is proposed at S‐band. To increase the threshold of dielectric/air and vacuum/dielectric breakdown, it uses the special E‐plane field shaper at the edges of the split‐horn aperture. The proposed split‐horn antenna has a high‐power handling capability of 50 MW which is five times larger than that of the conventional split‐horn antenna of 10 MW for the air breakdown threshold of 30 kV cm −1 as well as a similar antenna gain and a radiation pattern. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 59:442–447, 2017

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