Nested Horn-Based 3D-Printed Dual-Band High-Gain Conical Beam Antenna

IF 1.1 4区 计算机科学 Q4 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Li Wu, Sipei Wu, Shuai Zhang, Hui Xue, Boyang Qian
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Dual-band antennas have found extensive applications in the fields of communications, guidance, tracking systems, etc. However, traditional designs often struggle to simultaneously achieve high gain, wide impedance bandwidth and conical beam characteristics. In response to this challenge, a dual-band high-gain conical beam antenna with broad impedance bandwidth based on a nested horn operating at Ku-/Ka-band is presented in this paper. The nested horn excited by metal probes comprises a Ka-band circular waveguide horn and an outer nested Ku-band waveguide horn. The proposed antenna operates in the TM01 mode, demonstrating rotationally symmetrical field distribution, which enables the generation of conical beams. The utilisation of a ridge waveguide further widens the impedance bandwidth. The incorporation of dual reflectors enhances the directivity of electromagnetic wave propagation, leading to increased gain and a fixed beam pointing angle. The measured results show that the proposed antenna operates at 12.8–18 GHz in the Ku-band and 25.2–43.5 GHz in the Ka-band, with relative impedance bandwidths of approximately 33.8% and 53.3%, respectively, covering nearly the entire Ku-band and Ka-band. The peak gain reaches 12.2 dBi at 15 GHz and 16.4 dBi at 40 GHz. Furthermore, the maximum beam pointing angles are maintained at 30° for both frequency bands.

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Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation
Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation 工程技术-电信学
CiteScore
4.30
自引率
5.90%
发文量
109
审稿时长
7 months
期刊介绍: Topics include, but are not limited to: Microwave circuits including RF, microwave and millimetre-wave amplifiers, oscillators, switches, mixers and other components implemented in monolithic, hybrid, multi-chip module and other technologies. Papers on passive components may describe transmission-line and waveguide components, including filters, multiplexers, resonators, ferrite and garnet devices. For applications, papers can describe microwave sub-systems for use in communications, radar, aerospace, instrumentation, industrial and medical applications. Microwave linear and non-linear measurement techniques. Antenna topics including designed and prototyped antennas for operation at all frequencies; multiband antennas, antenna measurement techniques and systems, antenna analysis and design, aperture antenna arrays, adaptive antennas, printed and wire antennas, microstrip, reconfigurable, conformal and integrated antennas. Computational electromagnetics and synthesis of antenna structures including phased arrays and antenna design algorithms. Radiowave propagation at all frequencies and environments. Current Special Issue. Call for papers: Metrology for 5G Technologies - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_MAP_CFP_M5GT_SI2.pdf
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