Corrugated antenna feedhorn with elliptical aperture
US4356495A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 29, 1980 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 29, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01P5/082
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An antenna feedhorn comprising a transition waveguide for matching the cross section of the feeder line to the cross section of a subsequent hybrid mode exciting section followed by a horn section with an elliptical aperture, and with the hybrid mode exciting section and the horn section each being provided with a corrugated structure. The hybrid mode exciting section has a circular cross section and the horn section has a cross section which steadily widens from the circular cross section of the hybrid mode exciting section to the elliptical cross section of the horn aperture.
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