Title :
Radiation from dielectric sphere loaded horns
Author :
Martin, Aaron Garrido
Author_Institution :
University of Hull, Department of Electronic Engineering, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Abstract :
The measured radiation pattern of a dielectric sphere fed from a conical horn is given. An appropriate matching device is shown to be a circular dielectric rod in the horn. Improvements in gain and circularity of the beam obtained by dielectric loading are demonstrated.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; dielectric-loaded antennas; circular dielectric rod; conical horn; dielectric sphere loaded horns; radiation pattern;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19780012
