Wideband antenna array for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) applications

Author

Moulder, William F. ; Perry, B.T. ; Herd, Jeffrey S.

Author_Institution

Lincoln Lab., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Lexington, MA, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

6-11 July 2014

Firstpage

243

Lastpage

244

Abstract

A wideband antenna array for Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) applications is presented. The design is comprised of a ring array of TEM horns, and a monocone at the array´s center. When the array is phased with the first order circular mode, it is isolated from the monocone. Thus, the array may be used in reception while the monocone is used in transmission, or vice versa. The array and monocone both produce quasi-omnidirectional patterns in the azimuthal planes. Simulations suggest that the design operates across an 8.4 : 1 bandwidth. This wide bandwidth is possible through the use of a novel capacitive feed employed in the TEM horn array.

Keywords

antenna arrays; broadband antennas; horn antennas; receiving antennas; transmitting antennas; TEM horn array; azimuthal planes; quasi-omnidirectional patterns; simultaneous transmit and receive applications; wideband antenna array; Antenna arrays; Arrays; Feeds; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Memphis, TN

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3538-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2014.6904453

Filename

6904453