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Suberb gaussian beam efficiency corrugated horn antennas
(2010) Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Gonzalo García, Ramón; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper we are presenting the possibilities of corrugated horn antennas that combine horizontal and vertical corrugations.
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On the determination of the phase center of gaussian horn antennas
(1998) Río Bocio, Carlos del; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Gonzalo García, Ramón; Sorolla Ayza, Mario; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
Gaussian horn antenna designs have experimentally demonstrated excellent performance to produce a very pure Gaussian beam mode with extremely low sidelobes and crosspolarization levels. These results make very attractive these antennas for high performance applications as satellite communications, radar and remote sensing. The particular position of the phase center inside the horn antenna is crucial in the subsequent process to design the mirror system to be illuminated by the antenna. The Gaussian horn antennas, because the feature to excite a Gaussian beam modes, have the phase center close to the horn throat instead of the output horn aperture as usual. This feature is particular of Gaussian horn antennas, and it supposes a change in the design process using these antennas. The mathematical determination, by correlation of the output fields with Gaussian structures, and the numerical demonstration, will be showed in this paper. Also, some considerations of the advantages or disadvantages of this property will be commented.
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Corrugated horn antenna noise temperature characterisation for the NRL water vapor millimeter-wave spectrometer project
(2011) Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Gómez, R.M.; Maestrojuán Biurrun, Itziar; Rebollo Mugueta, Ainara; Gonzalo García, Ramón; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper the antenna noise temperature for two different corrugated horn antennas (old model and new model) for NRL WVMS is being characterized. The whole optical system will be simulated with Ticra’s GRASP software, and the corrugated horns with Mician μWave Wizard software. Spherical wave expansion from Mician μWave Wizard will be exported to Ticra’s GRASP to connect both results.
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Diseño óptimo de antenas de bocina multimodo para excitar un haz gaussiano fundamental de alta pureza
(1996) Gonzalo García, Ramón; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Sorolla Ayza, Mario; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper, we present an original and optimal multimode horn antenna design to excite the fundamental Gaussian beam from an overmoded waveguide. In particular, we focus the study in overmoded circular corrugated waveguide. The main idea to design this multimode horn antenna, is to increase the waveguide radius as the desired gaussian mode expands. This principle has also been applied to smooth circular waveguides to excite higher order Gaussian beams from TE0n modes. The horn antenna design considered here, improves the gaussian conversion efficiency, the crosspolarisation and the sidelobes level of some good mixture ( aprox. 85% of TE11 and 15% of TM11 ).
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New approach to the design of corrugated horn antennas
(1997) Gonzalo García, Ramón; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Sorolla Ayza, Mario; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper, we present two new corrugated horn antenna designs in circular waveguide. The first one is a converter horn antenna from monomode circular waveguide TE11 to corrugated waveguide HE11 mode in a very efficient way. The conversion efficiency varies between 98 % and 99%. The HE11 mode has highly desired radiation pattern characteristics for applications like satellite communications, radar, remote- sensing, etc, nevertheless, when the requirements are more stringent this mode is not good enough and we must look for other solution. This one corresponds to the fundamental gaussian beam, which has outstanding features, such as being a free space mode, having high matching efficiency with a reflector, no sidelobes, perfect symmetry, etc. The second horn antenna presented generates very efficient fundamental gaussian beams at the output (99%-99.9%). It is important to say that the input must look like a gaussian beam, an HE11 for instance, which presents a 98.4% of gaussian beam or similar. We also show a new design in which we are working now, consisting in the junction of the two aforementioned designs. They form an unique horn antenna that results in the TE11 mode, from the fundamental gaussian beam mode. These components have been analysed using the Mode Matching and the Generalised Scattering Matrix techniques and the Moment Method as well as the equations in [1] to get the far field radiation pattern. Our results have been checked against those obtained by other authors.
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Transición coaxial a guía doble ridge cargada
(2005) Cantora Álvarez, Pablo; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper a new method to design a transition from coaxial waveguide to a loaded double ridge waveguide is proposed. This method allows the use of the large frequency bandwidth ridge waveguides present. In the example shown, a reflection coefficient smaller than -10dB is obtained in a fractional bandwidth of 250% (f1-8*f1). The similarities between the dominant TEM modes of microstrip waveguide and loaded double ridge waveguides are the basis of this design method. The complete transition is made up through an intermediate transition to microstrip waveguide. Excellent behaviour is obtained.
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Choked-gaussian corrugated horn antenna design small global coverage horn antenna for TT&C with extremely low sidelobe level
(2003) Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Gonzalo García, Ramón; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
Extremely low sidelobe horn antennas are often required for the actual technology. This type of horn antennas are important to avoid interference with other systems. In this paper we describe a new design implementing a radical change in the current technology. It consists in attaching together a choked-waveguide antenna with a classical pure gaussian output corrugated horn. A really impressive radiation pattern with very low sidelobes and crosspolar levels in a very short antenna is obtained. This antenna shape was firstly presented in [1]. In this paper an improvement in size, weight, bandwidth and crosspolar level of the design is shown. This improvement has been possible due to the optimisation of the profile by means of the use of a mode matching code (mwave Wizard) instead of a time consuming finite element code.
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Diseño y medida de una antena choke-gaussiana
(2002) Goñi Campión, David; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Gonzalo García, Ramón; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
A new design of corrugated horn antenna for global earth coverage from a geostationary satellite to obtain very low sidelobes and crosspolar levels with a really compact design in a quite wide bandwidth is presented in this paper. We compare this horn performance with the designs of other authors. Measurements show a really impressive radiation patterns with sidelobe levels below –43 dB in a certain bandwidth.
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Diseño de una antena dual gaussiana de doble profundidad de corrugación
(2003) Ortiz Pérez de Eulate, Noelia; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Gonzalo García, Ramón; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In this paper a new design of a dual-band corrugated horn antenna is presented. The design is based on a gaussian profile to allow high pattern symmetry, low-crosspolar levels and low-side-lobes over a wide frequency range. To achieve a dual-band corrugated horn antenna, dual depth corrugations were used along the whole profile. The design presents a nice far field radiation pattern, which is compatible with the frequency reuse requirements in satellite communication antennas. The horn has been designed to operate in two frequency bands between X, Ku and K bands. Simulations and measurements show pretty good radiation patterns with return loss below –20dB and crosspolar-levels below –30dB in both frequency bands.
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Introducción de la bocina en el lazo de optimización de sistemas de reflectores
(2005) Delgado, D.; Teniente Vallinas, Jorge; Río Bocio, Carlos del; Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa
In the design process of a complete antenna system based on reflectors, the feed real performance is usually included once the reflectors have been optimized with an ideal feed. In this paper, the proposal is to include the feed inside the optimization loop of the whole system, by means of a parametric definition of the feeder. To perform the optimization, the parametric feed will be considered as an additional surface, which receives some desired electric field that should be analyzed to properly modify the feed definition parameters in order to reduce the difference between the desired and the new generated field distribution over a planar surface nearby the focal point of the system. At the end of the optimization process, all the elements of the whole antenna system, reflectors and feed, will be totally defined and perfectly coupled.