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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2013.24.5.502

Circular Dual Mode Horn Antenna(CDMHA) with Modified Aperture to Improve E/H-Plane Radiation Pattern Symmetry  

Kim, Jae Sik (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoon, Ji Hwan (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoon, Young Joong (Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yonsei University)
Lee, Woo-Sang (Agency for Defense Development)
So, Joon-Ho (Agency for Defense Development)
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Abstract
In this paper, a circular dual mode horn with modified aperture is proposed to improve a E/H-plane radiation pattern symmetry of a conventional oversized circular dual mode horn. The proposed antenna consists of a feeding section, a mode generation section and a phase matching section which has aperture shape transition from circle to ellipse or rectangle to improve a E/H-plane radiation pattern symmetry. To compare the performances between the proposed antenna and the convenional circular dual mode horn, the conventional circular dual mode horn and the proposed circular dual mode horn with rectangular aperture are fabricated and researched at 15 GHz. The measured results show that the conventional circular dual mode horn has 3.394 dB difference while the proposed antenna has only 0.539 dB difference between E and H-plane radiation patterns within the -11 dB beamwidth($53^{\circ}$) which is required beamwidth of the feed horn for the maximum aperture efficiency where f/d ratio of reflector antenna is 1.
Keywords
Horn Antenna; Hybrid Mode; Pattern Symmetry; Reflector Feeder;
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