Design, development and testing of dielectric tapered rod feed for parabolic reflector antenna as an alternate to feed horns

Author

Mustafa, S.K. ; Yasir, S.

Author_Institution

Satellite R&D Centre (SRDC), Space & Upper Atmos. Res. Comm. (SUPARCO), Lahore, Pakistan

fYear

2013

fDate

15-19 Jan. 2013

Firstpage

369

Lastpage

371

Abstract

Dielectric rod antenna (DRA) has been used as an alternate feed system for the reflector antennas. Simulated and measured radiation characteristics for dielectric rod antenna have been discussed and compared. It is a cylindrical Teflon rod tapered from the radiating end and fed by a circular metallic waveguide. Such antennas are being used for their manufacturing simplicity, light weight, broadband characteristics and relatively higher gain and directivity as compared to horn antennas. Antenna discussed here was actually designed and measured for Ku band (12-14GHz) but simulated results reveal that it can exhibit broadband characteristics and can cover the range beyond 10-30GHz at either end.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; circular waveguides; reflector antenna feeds; rods (structures); Ku band; alternate feed system; broadband characteristics; circular metallic waveguide; cylindrical Teflon rod; dielectric tapered rod feed; feed horn; frequency 10 GHz to 30 GHz; frequency 12 GHz to 14 GHz; parabolic reflector antenna; radiation characteristics measurement; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Dielectric measurement; Dielectrics; Horn antennas; Reflection; Weight measurement; Broadband; Ku band; Tapered dielectric rod;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Sciences and Technology (IBCAST), 2013 10th International Bhurban Conference on

Conference_Location

Islamabad

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4425-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IBCAST.2013.6512181

Filename

6512181