• DocumentCode
    869561
  • Title

    A simple circular-polarized antenna: circular waveguide horn coated with lossy magnetic material

  • Author

    Lee, Choon S. ; Lee, Shung-wu ; Justice, D.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Hughes Aircraft Co., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1988
  • fDate
    2/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    297
  • Lastpage
    300
  • Abstract
    It is shown that a circular waveguide horn coated with a lossy material in its interior wall can be used as an alternative to a corrugated waveguide for radiating a circularly polarized (CP) field. To achieve good CP radiation, the diameter of the structure must be larger than the free-space wavelength, and the coating material must be sufficiently lossy and magnetic. The device is cheaper and lighter in weight than the corrugated one
  • Keywords
    antenna feeders; antennas; circular waveguides; electromagnetic wave polarisation; magnetic leakage; waveguide theory; circular waveguide horn; circular-polarized antenna; coating material; lossy magnetic material; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Boundary conditions; Coatings; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic waveguides; Horn antennas; Magnetic losses; Magnetic materials; Optical polarization;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/8.1107
  • Filename
    1107