• DocumentCode
    982272
  • Title

    Optimisation of a spline-profile corrugated horn for prime-focus operations

  • Author

    Granet, C.

  • Author_Institution
    CSIRO ICT Centre, Electromagn. &Amp; Antennas, NSW, Australia
  • Volume
    40
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    4/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    522
  • Lastpage
    523
  • Abstract
    A high-performance prime-focus spline-profile corrugated horn has been optimised for a radioastronomy application. A 14% bandwidth is achieved with a geometry simple to manufacture. The technique is applicable to other applications and antenna geometries.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; optimisation; radiotelescopes; receiving antennas; splines (mathematics); antenna geometries; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; optimisation; prime focus operations; radioastronomy; spline profile corrugated horn;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20040354
  • Filename
    1296967