Compact dual-polarized corrugated horn antenna for satellite communications

S Manshari, S Koziel, L Leifsson - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a structure and design procedure of a novel compact dual-polarized
corrugated horn antenna with high gain and a stable phase center for satellite …

A wideband corrugated ridged horn antenna with enhanced gain and stable phase center for X-and Ku-band applications

S Manshari, S Koziel, L Leifsson - IEEE antennas and wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, a structure and design procedure of a novel double-flared conical horn antenna
with an improved gain and a stable phase center is presented. The antenna incorporates a …

Multi-level approximations for fast and accurate antenna noise temperature calculation of dual-reflector antennas

DIL de Villiers, R Lehmensiek - IEEE Transactions on Antennas …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Antenna noise temperature calculation for a reflector antenna system can be a
computationally expensive operation if the structure is electrically large. Several …

Dielectrically loaded quad-ridge flared horn for beamwidth control over decade bandwidth—optimization, manufacture, and measurement

J Flygare, M Pantaleev - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present the design, manufacture, and measured performance of a dielectrically loaded
quad-ridge flared horn (QRFH) feed for decade bandwidth radio astronomy application. The …

Beyond-Decade Ultrawideband Quad-Ridge Flared Horn With Dielectric Load From 1 to 20 GHz

J Flygare, J Yang, AW Pollak… - … on Antennas and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we present a novel dielectrically loaded quad-ridge flared horn (QRFH) as a
reflector feed with beyond-decade ultrawideband performance. The dielectric is machined in …

Water vapour radiometry in geodetic very long baseline interferometry telescopes: Assessed through simulations

P Forkman, J Flygare, G Elgered - Journal of Geodesy, 2021 - Springer
The accuracy of geodetic Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) is affected by water
vapour in the atmosphere in terms of variations in the signal propagation delay at the …

Low-Cost, Low-Loss, Ultra-Wideband Compact Feed for Interferometric Radio Telescopes

V MacKay, M Lai, P Shmerko, D Wulf… - Journal of …, 2023 - World Scientific
We have developed, manufactured, and tested a new feed design for interferometric radio
telescopes with “large-N, small-D” designs. Such arrays require low-cost and low-complexity …

Stable phase‐centre horn antenna using 3D printed dielectric rod for aperture efficiency improvement of space‐fed antennas

MO Bagheri, HR Hassani… - IET Microwaves, Antennas …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The design strategy to stabilise the phase centre (PC) of the conventional horn antenna
using a shaped dielectric rod is presented for aperture efficiency improvement of space‐fed …

A method to design trapped-mode free quadruple-ridged flared horn antennas

R Lehmensiek, DIL de Villiers - 2023 17th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A quadruple-ridged flared horn (QRFH) antenna is typically fed asymmetrically by the centre
conductor of a coaxial transmission line. Both the desired odd and undesired even modes …

GA-based bandwidth enhancement of wideband printed monopole antenna through control points position of spline curve on its groundplane

AD Prasetyo, D Hamdani… - 2023 Photonics & …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper deals with the bandwidth enhancement of a wideband printed monopole
antenna based on genetic algorithm (GA). The antenna is designed on an RT/duroid 5880 …