• DocumentCode
    929408
  • Title

    Effects of mutual coupling in conical horn arrays

  • Author

    Clarricoats, P.J.B. ; Tun, S.M. ; Parini, C.G.

  • Author_Institution
    University of London, Queen Mary College, Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, London, UK
  • Volume
    131
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1984
  • fDate
    6/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    165
  • Lastpage
    171
  • Abstract
    The paper considers the copolar and crosspolar radiation patterns of a finite array of conical horn elements in which full account is taken of the effects of mutual coupling. Mutual coupling between, respectively, the TE11- and TE21-, and the TE11- and TM01-modes has a marked effect on copolar pattern symmetry and on the level of crosspolarisation. Contour plots are given for `clean-beam¿¿ excitation of the arrays, and the influence of horn aperture size is shown to be significant.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; directive antennas; polarisation; waveguide antennas; TE modes; TM modes; conical horn arrays; copolar radiation patterns; crosspolar radiation patterns; horn aperture; mutual coupling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwaves, Optics and Antennas, IEE Proceedings H
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0143-7097
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/ip-h-1.1984.0035
  • Filename
    4646173