Title :
Design of wide-band corrugated conical horns for Cassegrain antennas
Author :
Thomas, Bruce Maca ; James, Graeme L. ; Greene, Kieran J.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Radiophys., CSIRO, Epping, NSW, Australia
fDate :
6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Design procedures based on extensive theoretical and experimental investigations are given for hybrid-mode corrugated conical horns having near-constant beamwidth, low cross-polarized sidelobes and low reflection for continuous bandwidths up to 2.1:1. The design techniques are applicable for horn flare semi-angles to about

, which includes most feed horns in dual-reflector antennas.
Keywords :
Corrugated horn antennas; Horn antennas, corrugated; Reflector antennas, multireflector; Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Apertures; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Frequency; Horn antennas; Optical reflection; Reflector antennas; Surface waves;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.1986.1143899