Title :
Low-sidelobe multimode horn for covering a circular area
Author :
Deguchi, Hiroyuki ; Watanabe, Hiroaki ; Tsuji, Mikio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Doshisha Univ., Kyoto
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates that high circular-coverage gain with low sidelobe of about -30 dB can be realized by means of a spline-profile taper with no corrugation. The design theory is verified by numerical and experimental evaluation of the designed horn
Keywords :
horn antennas; splines (mathematics); circular area; circular-coverage gain; low-sidelobe multimode horn; spline-profile taper; Antenna radiation patterns; Apertures; Constraint optimization; Frequency; Gain; Horn antennas; Quadratic programming; Shape control; Spline; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE
Conference_Location :
Albuquerque, NM
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0123-2
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2006.1711282
