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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2007.18.8.943

Design of Ka-band Feed Horn and Cassegrain Antenna  

Ahn, Seung-Beom (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Choo, Ho-Sung (School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Hongik University)
Kang, Jin-Seob (Division of Physical Metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science)
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Abstract
In this paper, we propose a Cassegrain antenna with a scalar feed horn opt rating in Ka-band. For an effective EM simulation of the Cassegrain antenna, the near-field of the feed hone is used ai the equivalent source of the Cassegrain antenna using the surface equivalent theorem. A corrugated circular horn operating with $HE_{11}$ mode is used as the feed horn. The angle and feed center of the main and sub reflectors are optimized to achieve maximum antenna efficiency. The designed feed horn shows the gain of 19dBi, the side-lobe level of less than -25dB and the half power beam width of $20^{\circ}$ at 33 GHz. The Cassegrain antenna shows the gain of 41dBi, the efficiency of 60%, the side-lobe level of less than -20dB and the half power beam width of $1.2^{\circ}$.
Keywords
Ka-band; Scalar Feed Horn; Cassegrain Antenna; MLFMM Method; Antenna Efficiency;
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