A low cross-polarization smooth-walled horn with improved bandwidth

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1383-1387

  Zeng, Lingzhen ^a   Bennett, Charles L ^a   Chuss, David T ^b   Wollack, Edward J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Feeds; Horn antennas; Millimeter wave antennas

Indexed keywords

BEAM SYMMETRY; CROSS POLARIZATIONS; DIFFRACTION LIMITED; FEED HORNS; FINITE BANDWIDTH; FRACTIONAL BANDWIDTHS; FREQUENCY RANGES; LOW CROSS POLARIZATION; MAIN BEAMS; MILLIMETER-WAVE ANTENNAS; POWER REFLECTION; SMOOTH-WALLED HORNS; WIDE BANDWIDTH;

BANDWIDTH; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; POLARIZATION;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950796929     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2041318     Document Type: Article

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