• DocumentCode
    1288957
  • Title

    A Compact Dual-Band Feed for Reflector Antennas Based on Choke Horn and Circular Eleven Antenna

  • Author

    Yasin, Adeel ; Yang, Jian ; Östling, Tomas

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Gothenburg, Sweden
  • Volume
    57
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2009
  • Firstpage
    3300
  • Lastpage
    3302
  • Abstract
    A novel dual-band feed for reflector antennas is presented. This feed is a combination of a novel circular Eleven feed for C band and a compact choke horn for Ku band. The combined feed has been characterized in terms of total feed efficiency of reflector antenna and coupling coefficient of C and Ku bands (< -18 dB) over all operating frequencies. An experimental model has been manufactured and measured. The measured results agree well with the simulated ones. The dual-band feed is compact in size and can be a good candidate for satellite terminals and other applications.
  • Keywords
    antenna feeds; horn antennas; multifrequency antennas; reflector antennas; choke horn antenna; circular eleven antenna; compact dual-band feed antenna; reflector antennas; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Couplings; Dual band; Frequency; Horn antennas; Inductors; Reflector antennas; Satellites; Virtual manufacturing; Choke horn; Eleven feed; dual-band feed; total feed efficiency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2009.2029385
  • Filename
    5196763