Design of Horn Antenna for HAPS(High Altitude Platform Station) in 48/47 GHz Bands

  • Ku, Bon-Jun (Satellite Communication Application Department, ETRI-Radio & Broadcasting Laboratory) ;
  • Ahn, Do-Seob (Satellite Communication Application Department, ETRI-Radio & Broadcasting Laboratory) ;
  • Park, Jong-Min (Satellite Communication Application Department, ETRI-Radio & Broadcasting Laboratory)
  • Published : 2001.10.01

Abstract

This paper describes design and performance test of dual-mode horn antenna for HAPS (High Altitude Platform Station) in 47.2 - 47.5 GHz and 47.9 - 48.2 GHz bands. To obtain the optimal geometry parameters of it. the conical section is represented by a stepped transition composed of a set of cylindrical waveguide sections. For each step. the corresponding generalized scattering matrix is calculated. The elements of the matrices at the open end of the horn, are calculated by the rigorous formulas of the factorization method. To verify the theoretical results, a horn breadboard was manufactured for the medium frequency of 47.7 GHz and its radiation beam patterns were measured. The calculated and theoretical results are in good agreement.

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