Performance Improvement of Pyramidal Horn Using Triangular E-plane Metal Baffle

Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany

Proceedings: EuCAP 2009

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Tan, Chin Yeng; Selvan, Krishnasamy T. (Applied Electromagnetic Research Group, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Jalan Broga, 43500 Semenyih, Selangor, Malaysia)

Abstract:
This paper proposes the use of triangular shaped Eplane metal baffle loading as an alternative to planar E- and H-plane metal baffles loading to improve the performance of the normal smooth wall pyramidal horn. The simulated results show that the proposed approach results in lower cross-polarization level, better matching over a wider bandwidth and higher average gain compared to the planar baffles loaded horn. This horn may find wide applications in low cost high-performance systems.