Phase centers of horn antennas using Gaussian beam mode analysis
Abstract
The power of Gaussian beam mode analysis to accurately describe the propagation of electromagnetic beams and the location of a horn antenna phase-center is illustrated. By way of example, the case of a compensated pyramidal horn fitted with fins to produce a less abruptly tapered E-plane field distribution is discussed, and the results obtained are compared with those from an alternative method published in the literature. Excellent agreement is found.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- August 1990
- DOI:
- 10.1109/8.56973
- Bibcode:
- 1990ITAP...38.1306M
- Keywords:
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- Antenna Radiation Patterns;
- Beams (Radiation);
- Electromagnetic Radiation;
- Horn Antennas;
- Far Fields;
- Normal Density Functions;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering