Broadband and Low-Profile H-Plane Ridged Horn Antenna

• Main Authors: Chen, Zhuozhu, Shen, Zhongxiang
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82898; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40354
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper presents a broadband and low-profile Hplane horn antenna mounted on a large ground plane. By employing stepped ridges and an ellipse-shaped copper taper extended along the horn aperture, the proposed antenna achieves a wide bandwidth from 4.2 GHz to 18 GHz for VSWR 2 while retaining...