Title :
Dual-polarized Vivaldi array for X- and Ku-Band
Author :
Hahnel, Ronny ; Plettemeier, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Tech. Univ. Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Abstract :
A very lightweight, broad-band, dual polarized antenna array with 128 elements for the frequency range from 7 GHz to 18 GHz has been designed, manufactured and measured. The total gain at the center frequency was measured to be 20 dBi excluding feeding network losses.
Keywords :
antenna feeds; broadband antennas; microwave antenna arrays; Ku-band; X-band; dual-polarized Vivaldi array; feeding network losses; frequency 7 GHz to 18 GHz; frequency range; lightweight broad-band dual polarized antenna array; Antenna arrays; Antenna measurements; Apertures; Arrays; Frequency measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0461-0
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2012.6348514
