DocumentCode
611920
Title
Height reduction using mutual coupling for the multimode horn phased array
Author
Cai, Anni ; Underwood, C. ; Sweeting, M.N.
Author_Institution
Surrey Space Centre, Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK
fYear
2013
fDate
8-12 April 2013
Firstpage
3585
Lastpage
3589
Abstract
A novel approach is presented that demonstrates the advantage of mutual coupling in reducing the height of the multimode horn. It is found that this method can reduce the height by an additional 0.4λ for the 3λ×3λ horn aperture and produce a smaller active element volume for the same gain in isolation and above the 81% efficiency from 8.8 GHz to 10.2 GHz for the infinite array. The mode matching model (infinite array) and Ansoft HFSS simulator (3×3 finite array) are used to demonstrate this feasibility.
Keywords
antenna phased arrays; aperture antennas; horn antennas; microwave antenna arrays; Ansoft HFSS simulator; active element; frequency 8.8 GHz to 10.2 GHz; height reduction; horn aperture; mode matching model; multimode horn phased array; mutual coupling; Apertures; Arrays; Bandwidth; Europe; Finite element analysis; Gain; Mutual coupling; Mutual Coupling; array; height reduction; infinite array analysis; multimode horn;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on
Conference_Location
Gothenburg
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-2187-7
Electronic_ISBN
978-88-907018-1-8
Type
conf
Filename
6546978
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