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Wideband Matched Feed Design Employing Conjugate Field Radiated from a Square Choke Excited by Two Slots on a Diagonal Waveguide

Rajib Jana,

Dr. Rajib Jana

Electrical Engineering

National Institute of Technology Arnachal Pradesh

India

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Ratnajit Bhattacharjee

Dr. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

India

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 63, 23-31, 2018

doi:10.2528/PIERM17090402

Abstract

A simple and compact diagonal matched feed structure is proposed for offset reflector antenna, which includes a square choke to radiate the desired conjugate mode (TE₄: a higher order rectangular coaxial cable mode) for suppressing the cross-polar power of an offset reflector antenna when the reflector is illuminated by the dominant diagonal mode (TE_V^D: a linear combination of rectangular TE₀₁ and TE₁₀ modes) radiated from the aperture of a central diagonal waveguide. Square choke is excited by two identical slots on the central diagonal waveguide using the longitudinal magnetic field of main operating mode TE_V^D. Wideband conjugate matching as well as impedance matching for broadband operation can be achieved by such radiating main mode and conjugate mode from apertures which are spatially separated. Based on the above configuration, a J-band matched feed structure is designed using HFSS software for a given offset reflector geometry. The proposed matched feed structure is fabricated and measured. The measured results are compared with simulated ones, and close agreements are found.

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Rajib Jana, and Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, "Wideband Matched Feed Design Employing Conjugate Field Radiated from a Square Choke Excited by Two Slots on a Diagonal Waveguide," Progress In Electromagnetics Research M, Vol. 63, 23-31, 2018.
doi:10.2528/PIERM17090402

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