6-Ridge Horn Antenna for Spherical Near-Field Antenna Measurements
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Laitinen, Tommi; Ilvonen, Janne (Department of Radio Science and Engineering, SMARAD, Faculty of Electronics, Communications and Automation, Helsinki, University of Technology, Otakaari 5A, 02015 TKK, Finland)
Abstract:
This paper introduces an idea of a 6-ridge horn antenna for spherical near-field antenna measurements. It is shown that, as opposed to a quad-ridge horn antenna, the 6-ridge horn antenna gives, in theory, a possibility to achieve quasi-first-order characteristics for the antenna over a substantially wide frequency range provided a proper feeding can be realized.