Antenna performance of a directly dug corrugated feedhorn for the 150-GHz band

被引:13
作者
Kimura, Kimihiro [1 ]
Iwashita, Hiroyuki [2 ,3 ]
Asayama, Shin'ichiro [2 ]
Sugimoto, Masahiro [4 ]
Kikuchi, Gumpei [5 ]
Ogawa, Hideo [1 ]
机构
[1] Osaka Prefecture Univ, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Phys Sci, Osaka 5998531, Japan
[2] Natl Astron Observ Japan, Adv Technol Ctr, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[3] Nobeyama Radio Observ, Nagano 3841305, Japan
[4] Natl Astron Observ Japan, ALMA Project Off, Tokyo 1818588, Japan
[5] Kanagawa Kiko Co Ltd, Kanagawa 2110051, Japan
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFRARED AND MILLIMETER WAVES | 2008年 / 29卷 / 08期
关键词
optics; antenna; corrugated horn; radio astronomy;
D O I
10.1007/s10762-008-9368-3
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We have developed a 150 GHz band corrugated feed horn. These corrugated feed horns have been established by a new machining method, which involves digging corrugations through a metal material. We were able to realize E plane and H plane symmetry, low side lobe level, and low cross-polarization level. Measured co-polarization beam patterns above -35 dB were consistent with the simulated patterns within a designed frequency range. The peak levels of cross-polarization beam patterns were less than -30 dB. And, the performances were uniform in several horns. In the present paper, we describe the corrugated horn produced by this methods.
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页码:713 / 723
页数:11
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