Title :
Optimisation of a spline-profile corrugated horn for prime-focus operations
Author_Institution :
CSIRO ICT Centre, Electromagn. &Amp; Antennas, NSW, Australia
fDate :
4/29/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A high-performance prime-focus spline-profile corrugated horn has been optimised for a radioastronomy application. A 14% bandwidth is achieved with a geometry simple to manufacture. The technique is applicable to other applications and antenna geometries.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; horn antennas; optimisation; radiotelescopes; receiving antennas; splines (mathematics); antenna geometries; antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; optimisation; prime focus operations; radioastronomy; spline profile corrugated horn;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20040354
