Optimization of profiles of rectangular horns for high efficiency

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2480-2488

  Bird, Trevor S ^a   Granet, Christophe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenna array feeds; Aperture antennas; Aperture efficiency; Horn antennas; Satellite antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; HORN ANTENNAS; OPTIMIZATION; WAVELENGTH;

ANTENNA ARRAY FEEDS; APERTURE ANTENNAS; APERTURE EFFICIENCY; SATELLITE ANTENNAS;

COMMUNICATION SATELLITES;

EID: 34548609937     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.904114     Document Type: Article

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