Feeds for compact ranges

Circular open ended waveguide feeds for compact ranges. Feeds according to the present invention employ smaller apertures for a given frequency of operation than a standard compact range feed. According to a first embodiment of the invention, a circular open ended waveguide feed is constructed to op...

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Hauptverfasser: JONES, JOHN R, HESS, JR., DOREN W
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Circular open ended waveguide feeds for compact ranges. Feeds according to the present invention employ smaller apertures for a given frequency of operation than a standard compact range feed. According to a first embodiment of the invention, a circular open ended waveguide feed is constructed to operate with its lowest desired frequency of operation at approximately 1.01 times the cutoff frequency. A second embodiment includes a circular open-ended waveguide loaded with ridges to lower the cutoff frequency further and thus further reduce aperture size for a given bandwidth to radiate a broader beamwidth.