DocumentCode
2651470
Title
Metamaterial hybrid mode horn antennas
Author
Lier, Erik ; Shaw, Robert K.
Author_Institution
Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Syst., Newtown, PA, USA
fYear
2009
fDate
1-5 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
It was shown by moment method analysis that soft and hard metamaterial horns offer broadband performance if a metamaterial with the required dispersion can be implemented. It was also shown that the required dispersion curve is monotonically increasing similar to the Drude dispersion, strongly indicating that these horns can be realized. In two accompanying papers the design and analysis of a hexagonal hard metamaterial horn for a multi-beam reflector antenna is presented [8, 9].
Keywords
broadband antennas; horn antennas; metamaterials; method of moments; reflector antennas; broadband performance; dispersion curve; metamaterial hybrid mode horn antenna; moment method analysis; multibeam reflector antenna; Antennas and propagation; Apertures; Bandwidth; Dielectric losses; Feeds; Frequency; Horn antennas; Metamaterials; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2009. APSURSI '09. IEEE
Conference_Location
Charleston, SC
ISSN
1522-3965
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-3647-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/APS.2009.5171949
Filename
5171949
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