• DocumentCode
    1304511
  • Title

    Hard horns improve cluster feeds of satellite antennas

  • Author

    Kildal, P-.S ; Lier, E.

  • Author_Institution
    ELAB, Norwegian Inst. of Technol., Trondheim, Norway
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    4/14/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    491
  • Lastpage
    492
  • Abstract
    A major problem in many contoured-beam satellite antennas is that nearly half the power radiated by the cluster feed is lost as spillover into space. The authors show that this spillover may be reduced considerably by using hard horns as cluster elements
  • Keywords
    antenna feeders; antenna theory; directive antennas; mobile antennas; satellite relay systems; waveguide antennas; cluster feeds; contoured-beam; hard horns; microwave antennas; satellite antennas; spillover prevention;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • Filename
    8254