• DocumentCode
    1635173
  • Title

    A dual-polarized ridged horn antenna

  • Author

    van der Merwe, P.H. ; Odendaal, J.W. ; Joubert, J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    595
  • Lastpage
    597
  • Abstract
    A compact quad-ridged horn antenna is presented. This antenna was designed by separating the antenna into the co-axial to ridged waveguide transition and the flared horn sections. The two sections were simulated and optimized separately and afterwards combined to form a complete unit. It is shown that the complete antenna´s performance is a combination of the performance of the two sections. The antenna is dual-polarized and a return loss that is greater than 10dB is achieved across a 15.7:1 bandwidth.
  • Keywords
    horn antennas; ridge waveguides; compact quad-ridged horn antenna; dual-polarized ridged horn antenna; flared horn sections; return loss; ridged waveguide transition; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Feeds; Horn antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cape Town
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0404-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APWC.2012.6324930
  • Filename
    6324930