A novel horn radiator with high aperture efficiency and low cross-polarization and applications in arrays and multibeam reflector antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2850-2859

  Bhattacharyya, Arun K ^a,b   Goyette, Guy ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aperture efficiency; Array feed; Cross polarization; Horn; Multibeam reflector

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNA REFLECTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION;

APERTURE EFFICIENCY; ARRAY FEED; CROSS POLARIZATION; MULTIBEAM REFLECTOR;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 9744277610     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2004.835233     Document Type: Article

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