Design of an Impulse Radiating Antenna Using a Curved TEM-Wire Fed Parabola

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="341206.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2012/341206/figures/341206.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b> Narrow throat</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="341206.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2012/341206/figures/341206.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b> Wide throat</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="341206.fig.009c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2012/341206/figures/341206.fig.009c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b> Radiation pattern at 5 GHz (narrow throat)</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="341206.fig.009d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2012/341206/figures/341206.fig.009d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b> Radiation pattern at 5 GHz (wide throat)</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Comparison of three-dimensional radiation patterns of the two TEM-wire horns attached to parabolic reflectors. With a wide throat region, the main beam is split into two peaks due to asymmetry of the pattern of the TEM-wire horn.</table>

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 9: Design of an Impulse Radiating Antenna Using a Curved TEM-Wire Fed Parabola 