Title :
Design of broadband circularly polarized horn antenna using an L-shaped probe
Author :
Fukusako, Takeshi ; Shafai, Lotfollah
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Kumamoto Univ.
Abstract :
This paper deals with a circular horn antenna fed by an L-shaped probe. The design process for broadband matching to a 50 Omega coaxial cable, and the antenna performance in axial ratio and gain are presented. The simulation results of this paper were obtained using Ansoft HFSS 9.2
Keywords :
antenna feeds; broadband antennas; horn antennas; polarisation; 50 ohm; Ansoft HFSS 9.2; L-shaped probe; axial ratio; broadband circularly polarized horn antenna; broadband matching; coaxial cable; Antenna feeds; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Coaxial cables; Coaxial components; Cutoff frequency; Horn antennas; Polarization; Probes; Surface impedance;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711281
