An approximate generalization of schelkunoff s horn-gain formulas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1001-1004

  Selvan, Krishnasamy T ^a  

^a SAMEER Centre for Electromagnetics India   (India)

Author keywords

Gain; Pyramidal horn; Rectangular waveguide antennas; Schelkunoff's horn gain formulas; Sectoral horns

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

SCHELKUNOFF'S HORN-GAIN FORMULAS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 0032643191     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/8.777123     Document Type: Article

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