2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface
This paper presents a passive 2-D beam steering solution comprising of a triple-mode circular waveguide horn antenna operating at Ka-band frequency of 30 GHz, a pair of identical dielectric lenses employing Risley prism and a parabolic phase correcting surface. The circular waveguide horn antenna ge...
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| author | Kaushik Debbarma Nhat Truong Satish Kumar Sharma Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh |
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| description | This paper presents a passive 2-D beam steering solution comprising of a triple-mode circular waveguide horn antenna operating at Ka-band frequency of 30 GHz, a pair of identical dielectric lenses employing Risley prism and a parabolic phase correcting surface. The circular waveguide horn antenna generates <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11}, {\mathrm {TM}}_{01}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{21}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes independently. The pair of identical dielectric lenses employing the Risley prism concept are axially rotated individually and/or simultaneously to steer the radiated beam. The parabolic phase correcting structure is used to further improve the performance of the steered patterns. Overall, this antenna structure steers <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11}, {\mathrm {TM}}_{01}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{21}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes patterns which makes it an attracting solution for tracking and communication applications. The proposed antenna system has been prototyped and experimentally verified in a compact antenna test range (CATR) chamber. The measured conical scan angles for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mode is found to be around <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm 40{^\circ }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> with gain deviation less than 3 dB. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TM}}_{01}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{21}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes are steered with a scan angle covering <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm 30{^\circ }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fb098a0e54af4924b1be2d936e7500842022-12-22T00:57:31ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation2637-64312022-01-01375276110.1109/OJAP.2022.318737398105002-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting SurfaceKaushik Debbarma0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8230-3037Nhat Truong1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6703-6268Satish Kumar Sharma2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4063-2235Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3296-6585Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USADepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USANaval Information Warfare Center Pacific, San Diego, CA, USAThis paper presents a passive 2-D beam steering solution comprising of a triple-mode circular waveguide horn antenna operating at Ka-band frequency of 30 GHz, a pair of identical dielectric lenses employing Risley prism and a parabolic phase correcting surface. The circular waveguide horn antenna generates <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11}, {\mathrm {TM}}_{01}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{21}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes independently. The pair of identical dielectric lenses employing the Risley prism concept are axially rotated individually and/or simultaneously to steer the radiated beam. The parabolic phase correcting structure is used to further improve the performance of the steered patterns. Overall, this antenna structure steers <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11}, {\mathrm {TM}}_{01}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{21}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes patterns which makes it an attracting solution for tracking and communication applications. The proposed antenna system has been prototyped and experimentally verified in a compact antenna test range (CATR) chamber. The measured conical scan angles for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{11}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> mode is found to be around <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm 40{^\circ }$ </tex-math></inline-formula> with gain deviation less than 3 dB. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TM}}_{01}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">${\mathrm {TE}}_{21}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> modes are steered with a scan angle covering <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\pm 30{^\circ }$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9810500/Beam steeringRisley prismphase correcting surfacephase shifting structurestrackingtriple-mode horn |
| spellingShingle | Kaushik Debbarma Nhat Truong Satish Kumar Sharma Jia-Chi Samuel Chieh 2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface IEEE Open Journal of Antennas and Propagation Beam steering Risley prism phase correcting surface phase shifting structures tracking triple-mode horn |
| title | 2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface |
| title_full | 2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface |
| title_fullStr | 2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface |
| title_full_unstemmed | 2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface |
| title_short | 2-D Beam Steering Performance of a Triple Mode Horn Antenna Integrated With Risley Prism and Phase Correcting Surface |
| title_sort | 2 d beam steering performance of a triple mode horn antenna integrated with risley prism and phase correcting surface |
| topic | Beam steering Risley prism phase correcting surface phase shifting structures tracking triple-mode horn |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9810500/ |
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