Analysis and measurement of hard-horn feeds for the excitation of quasi-optical amplifiers

被引:36
作者
Ali, MA [1 ]
Ortiz, SC
Ivanov, T
Mortazawi, A
机构
[1] Univ Cent Florida, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
[2] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
[3] Lucent Technol, VLSI Technol Dev, Orlando, FL 32816 USA
关键词
hard-horn antennas; mode-matching technique; quasi-optics;
D O I
10.1109/22.754882
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
Design and analysis of Ka-band hard-horn feeds for excitation of quasi-optical amplifiers have been performed. A computer program based on the mode-matching technique has been developed in order to determine the aperture field distribution for pyramidal hard horns. This program is used to perform parametric studies and to optimize hard-horn performance such as its bandwidth and efficiency. Simulation and measurement results for a 31-GHz hard-horn feed are presented.
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页码:479 / 487
页数:9
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