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Circular Horns-Patterns - AE and GCE

The document discusses the performance characteristics of conical horns with different half-flare angles. A horn with a 14 degree half-flare angle provides excellent patterns with low sidelobes, an aperture efficiency of 0.9-0.82 when coupling to a plane wave, and 88-90% Gaussian coupling efficiency when coupling to a lens. A horn with a 27 degree half-flare angle provides good patterns for all dimensions tested, with an aperture efficiency of 0.78-0.62 when coupling to a plane wave and 88% Gaussian coupling efficiency when coupling to a lens.

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Circular Horns-Patterns - AE and GCE

The document discusses the performance characteristics of conical horns with different half-flare angles. A horn with a 14 degree half-flare angle provides excellent patterns with low sidelobes, an aperture efficiency of 0.9-0.82 when coupling to a plane wave, and 88-90% Gaussian coupling efficiency when coupling to a lens. A horn with a 27 degree half-flare angle provides good patterns for all dimensions tested, with an aperture efficiency of 0.78-0.62 when coupling to a plane wave and 88% Gaussian coupling efficiency when coupling to a lens.

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Conical Horn, flare angle = 14 deg.

Normalized Directivity (dB)

Normalized Directivity (dB)

-5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 0 20 15

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

0 -5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 0 20 15 20 40 60 80 H-plane Angle (Degrees) 2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda
80 3 dB (E) 3 dB (H) 10 dB (E) 10 dB (H)

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

20 40 60 E-plane Angle (Degrees)

80

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

Directivity (dB)

10 5 0 -5 -10 0 20 40 60 E-plane Angle (Degrees) 80

Directivity (dB)

10 5 0 -5
0 1.5

Beamwidth (Degrees)

60

40

20

-10 0

2 2.5 3 Aperture Size (Wavelengths)

3.5

20 40 60 H-plane Angle (Degrees)

80

Conical Horn, flare angle = 14 deg.


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Plane Wave Coupling Coefficient

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1.5

Gaussian Coupling Efficiency


2 2.5 3 Aperture Size (wavelengths) 3.5

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 Gaussian Beam Waist / Aperture Size

Gaussian Coupling Efficiency

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

A 2-3l circular horn with a flare angle of 14 deg. results in excellent patterns with low sidelobes, an aperture efficiency of 0.9-0.82 (coupling to a plane wave), and a Gaussian coupling efficiency of 8890% (coupling to a lens).
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0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Gaussian Beam Waist (wavelengths)

Conical Horn, flare angle = 27 degrees


0 0

Normalized Directivity (dB)

-5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 0 20 15

Normalized Directivity (dB)

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

-5 -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 0 20 15

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

20 40 60 80 E-plane Angle (Degrees) 2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

20 40 60 80 H-plane Angle (Degrees) 2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda


80 3 dB (E) 3 dB (H) 10 dB (E) 10 dB (H)

Directivity (dB)

10 5 0 -5 -10 0 20 40 60 E-plane Angle (Degrees) 80

Directivity (dB)

10 5 0 -5 -10 0
Beamwidth (Degrees)
60

40

20

0 1.5

2 2.5 3 Aperture Size (Wavelengths)

3.5

20 40 60 H-plane Angle (Degrees)

80

Conical Horn, flare angle = 27 degrees


1

Plane Wave Coupling Coefficient

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0 1.5

Gaussian Coupling Efficiency


2 2.5 3 Aperture Size (wavelengths) 3.5

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 Gaussian Beam Waist / Aperture Size

Gaussian Coupling Efficiency

0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 0

2 * lambda 2.5 * lambda 3 * lambda

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Gaussian Beam Waist (wavelengths)

A 2-3l circular horn with a flare angle of 27 deg. results in good pattern for all dimensions, an aperture efficiency of 0.78-0.62 (coupling to a plane wave is still good since this is a circular aperture and the max. phase error on the squareedges sees a zero E-field). The Gaussian coupling efficiency is 88% (coupling to a lens) since one can choose the location in the focal plane lens of the lens to compensate for the phase error on the aperture of the horn.

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