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
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