DESIGN AND SIMULATIONS OF FEED HORNS FOR SATELITE ANTENNA SYSTEM

Prepared By: SOHAM BRAHMBHATT (08BEC153) JATIN CHAUDHARI (07BEC154) Guided By: Prof. DHAVAL PUJARA

OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW INTRODUCTION DESIGN METHOD FOR PYRAMIDAL HORN DESIGN AND SIMULATION OF CONICAL HORNS POTTER HORN ANTENNA FEED SYSTEM CONCLUSION REFRENCES

OVERVIEW

INTRODUCTION
Horn antennas are extremely popular in the microwave region above 1Ghz. It gives better gain, narrow beam width, low side lobe and good efficiency. It is generally used with waveguide. It generally suited for rectangular waveguide feeders.

Types of Horn Antenna

Pyramidal horn Antenna

Structure of pyramidal Horn Antenna It is in the shape of a four-sided pyramid, with a rectangular cross section. This is widely used type, used with rectangular waveguide. It radiated linearly polarized radio waves.

 Sectoral Horn Antenna

A pyramidal horn with only one pair of sided flared and other pair parallel. It produced a fan-shaped beam. Which is narrow in the plane of the flared sided, but wide in the plane of the narrow sided.

E-plane sectoral Horn Antenna

A sectoral horn flared in the direction of the electric or E-field in the waveguide

H-plane sectoral Horn Antenna

A sectoral horn flared in the direction of the magnetic or H-field in the waveguide.

Conical Horn Antenna

A horn in the shape of a cone, with a circular cross section. They are used with cylindrical waveguides.

 Septum Horn Antenna

A horn which is divided into several sub horns by metal partition inside, attached to opposite walls.

Corrugated Horn Antenna

A horn with slot covering the inside surface of the horn

FABRICATED RESULT
Fabricated Results: The filters were fabricated using a Rogers Duroid 3003 substrate in compliance with the design; Fig. 7 illustrates the fabricated filters with bias lines to apply bias voltages to the circuit having MACOM PIN diodes (MA4AGSBP907) implemented. The circuits were measured using a Hewlett Packard 8510B network analyzer. Figs. 5 and 6 show the measured responses. Table I summarizes the measured performance. The fabricated filters showgood agreement with the simulations. The small discrepancies in the insertion losses, the center frequency o and 3-dB fractional bandwidth FBW are attributed to the tolerances of components and fabrication process.

CONCLUSION
The proposed structure uses a pair of short-circuited coupled lines and the coupling between the two lines is controlled by switching short circuit stubs in and out the circuit. This topology also offers a good precursor to a filter with the potential to simultaneously control the bandwidth and center frequency, which is subject to investigation.

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