Dual- And Multiband Horns of feed systems for reflector-type antennas

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20535/RADAP.2009.38.130-147

Keywords:

coaxial horns, multiband horns, corrugated horns, corrugated dielectric loaded horns

Abstract

This paper propose a review of feed systems for reflector-type antennas. Main attention is paid to coaxial, multimode, corrugated and dielectric loaded feed horns.

Author Biographies

F. F. Dubrovka, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv Politechnic Institute, Kiev

Дубровка Ф.Ф., д.т.н., проф. кафедри теоретичних основ радіотехніки

Yu. A. Ovsianyk, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kyiv Politechnic Institute, Kiev

Овсяник Ю. А., асистент кафедри теоретичних основ радіотехніки

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Дубровка, Ф. and Овсяник, Ю. А. (2009) “Dual- And Multiband Horns of feed systems for reflector-type antennas”, Visnyk NTUU KPI Seriia - Radiotekhnika Radioaparatobuduvannia, 0(38), pp. 130-147. doi: 10.20535/RADAP.2009.38.130-147.

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