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http://dx.doi.org/10.7471/ikeee.2012.16.4.297

Effective Design of the Broadband Horn Antenna Using Multi-mode Network Analysis  

Moon, Jung-Ick (Radio Technology Research Dept., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Cho, In-Gui (Radio Technology Research Dept., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
Kim, Sung-Min (Radio Technology Research Dept., Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute)
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Journal of IKEEE / v.16, no.4, 2012 , pp. 297-303 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes the effective design procedure for a broadband, double-ridged horn antenna for evaluating the performance of the RF energy harvesting system with a multi-band rectenna. Using multi-mode network analysis, the higher-mode scattering parameters of the transition and horn were acquired and applied to the antenna design, respectively. As a result, the computing time could be reduced and the calculated VSWR(voltage standing wave ratio) of the antenna was very similar to the analyzed result using fully electromagnetic simulation. And there was also good agreement between the simulated and measured results. The designed broadband antenna has a bandwidth of 660~6360 MHz and 6~13.7 dBi peak radiation gain.
Keywords
Horn Antenna; Double-ridged; Network analysis; Multi-mode; RF energy harvesting;
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