Design of corrugated conical horns

Thomas, B.

doi:10.1109/tap.1978.1141842

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“…The calculated far field radiation patterns are found to agree very well with the ones given by Thomas [3]. For the system under consideration where the physical dimensions of the^4 feed horn remain fixed, the change in the feed pattern due to a change in the operating frequency can be equivalently considered due to a corresponding change in the feed horn aperture size in wavelengths.…”

Section: Feed Considerationssupporting

confidence: 74%

Optimization of the design parameters for a wide band radiometric system

Agrawal

Croswell²

1978 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium

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Optimization of the design parameters for a wide band radiometric system

Agrawal

Croswell²

1978 Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium

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“…Several classical horn designs are commonly used, e.g., corrugated [71,72], dual mode [42], or diagonal horns [73]. In general, the horns with the best coupling to a fundamental Gaussian beam mode (Gaussicity) are the most difficult and expensive to manufacture.…”

Section: Horn Antennasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Terahertz Heterodyne Array Receivers for Astronomy

Graf

Honingh

Jacobs

et al. 2015

J Infrared Milli Terahz Waves

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We review the development of multi-pixel heterodyne receivers for astronomical research in the submillimeter and terahertz spectral domains. We shortly address the historical development, highlighting a few pioneering instruments. A discussion of the design concepts is followed by a presentation of the technologies employed in the various receiver subsystems and of the approaches taken to optimize these for current and future instruments.

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“…Considering theoretical Gain/T sys , an edge illumination of around -11.5 dB is required at edge-illumination angle 9 o . There are four parts of e-system corrugated horn feed which need to design [6], [7] : a) the input taper which provides an increase in radius to match the input waveguide to that required for the mode converter; b) the mode converter which determines the return loss and has a major influence on the degree of excitation of the unwanted modes; c) the transition section which matches the mode converter to the horn output flare; d) the output flare which sets the aperture to control the copolar pattern beam width.…”

Section: C-band E-system Telescope Feedmentioning

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Broadband feed designs of C-band for e-MERLIN

Roddis

Nan

et al. 2004

SPIE Proceedings

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As part of a major enhancement, designated e-MERLIN, to its MERLIN array of radio telescopes there is a need for new feed designs to cover 4GHz to 8GHz band, for large paraboloid dishes (up to 76 m * etres diameter) operating in both primefocus and cassegrain configurations. The requirement, in each case, for good return loss and constant beam width across an octave band, presents a set of difficult challenges. The feed designs for e-MERLIN are introduced here. The prototypes of the prime-focus feeds and the e-system corrugated horn feed have been designed, manufactured and tested, both in the laboratory and on the respective telescope. The complete corrugated horn for the Cambridge telescope will shortly be manufactured and measured.

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Design of corrugated conical horns

Cited by 108 publications

References 14 publications

Optimization of the design parameters for a wide band radiometric system

Optimization of the design parameters for a wide band radiometric system

Terahertz Heterodyne Array Receivers for Astronomy

Broadband feed designs of C-band for e-MERLIN

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