Theoretical analysis of the Pickett Potter horn-reflector antenna for submillimetre-wave applications

Author

Kittara, Phichet ; Yassin, Ghassan ; Withington, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Cambridge Univ., UK

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

139

Lastpage

144

Abstract

A Pickett-Potter (1984, 1963) horn-reflector feed for short wavelength (>700 GHz) SIS mixer has been theoretically designed and a 15 GHz scale model of a Pickett-Potter horn has been developed and tested. The antenna comprises of offset parabolic reflector fed by a Pickett-Potter horn. The horn is easy to machine, and yet still preserves the desirable electrical properties of a corrugated horn, namely low cross polarisation, low sidelobe level and nearly circular beam shape, albeit over a reduced bandwidth. The calculations are based on the modal matching method and conformal mapping

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; electromagnetic wave polarisation; horn antennas; modal analysis; offset reflector antennas; reflector antenna feeds; 15 GHz; Pickett Potter horn-reflector antenna; Pickett-Potter horn-reflector feed; SHF; bandwidth; circular beam shape; conformal mapping; corrugated horn; electrical properties; low cross polarisation; low sidelobe level; modal matching method; offset parabolic reflector; scale model; short wavelength SIS mixer; submillimetre-wave applications; Antenna feeds; Antenna theory; Aperture antennas; Conformal mapping; Horn antennas; Physics; Polarization; Reflector antennas; Scattering; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

High Frequency Postgraduate Student Colloquium, 1999

Conference_Location

Leeds

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5577-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HFPSC.1999.809294

Filename

809294