Compact low-cross-polarization horn antennas with serpentine-shaped taper

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2510-2516

  Deguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Mikio ^a   Shigesawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BANDWIDTH; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTIMIZATION; WAVEGUIDES;

LOW CROSS POLARIZATION; SCATTERING MATRICES; SERPENTINE SHAPED TAPER; STEPWISE APPROXIMATION;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 7244256265     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.834423     Document Type: Article

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