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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2007.18.6.620

The Design of a Broadband E-plane H Sectoral Horn Phased Array Antenna Using Mutual Coupling  

Lee, Cheol-Soo (Agency for Defense Development)
Pack, Jeong-Ki (Dept. of Radio Science & Engineering, Chungnam National University)
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Abstract
An H-sector horn antenna has a constant beam coverage characteristic and it can be useful for application to a wide band phased array antenna system. In this paper, we designed a broadband E-plane H-sector horn phased-array antenna, which has a 3:1 bandwidth and ${\pm}60^{\circ}$ beam steering capability. An H-sector hem antenna was designed to have $30{\sim}50^{\circ}$ half-power beam width in the principal H-plane. The active reflection coefficient including mutual coupling was calculated using a waveguide simulator, and the active reflection characteristic was improved by mutual coupling over wide frequency range. Using these results, an $8{\times}1$ H-sector phased array antenna was fabricated. The measurement results for the half-power beam width in the principal H-plane and the active reflection coefficient showed a good agreement with the simulation results. The peak-value pattern in the steered radiation beams also agreed well with the active element pattern. The measured active reflection coefficients within the beam steering range are mostly less than 0.3 over the 3:1 frequency range.
Keywords
H Sector Horn Antenna; Active Reflection; Active Element Pattern;
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