LIU Qing-xiang, LI Xiang-qiang, YUAN Cheng-wei, et al. Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of a High Power Helical Array Antenna Fed from Double-Layer Radial Waveguide[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2005, 33(12): 2231-2234.
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LIU Qing-xiang, LI Xiang-qiang, YUAN Cheng-wei, et al. Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of a High Power Helical Array Antenna Fed from Double-Layer Radial Waveguide[J]. Acta Electronica Sinica, 2005, 33(12): 2231-2234.DOI:
Theoretical Analysis and Numerical Simulation of a High Power Helical Array Antenna Fed from Double-Layer Radial Waveguide
This paper describes a new antenna to realize the directional radiation of high-power microwave-helical array antenna fed from double-layer radial waveguide.The feed wire of each helix is connected with an H-coupled probe inserted into a radial waveguide
and excited by a TEM wave between the two parallel plates of the waveguide.Helices and probes are arranged on the upper plate to form a circular array.This antenna accepts directly an azimuthally symmetric output of a HPM source and radiates a high-gain pattern with a boresight peak.The use of H-coupled probes makes the array antenna compatible with the intense electric fields associated with high-power microwave sources.In addition
the array antenna has a simple structure and can project circular polarized electric field.In this paper
the fundamental theory of function is presented;an array antenna for a frequency band of 3.8GHz to 4.2GHz is designed and simulated.At 4.0GHz
the calculated aperture efficiency shows a high value of 72.3% and the axial ratio value at the normal direction is of 1.55.In the range of 3.8GHz to 4.2GHz
the aperture efficiency is over 69% and the axial ratio is below 1.7.