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Variable permittivity dielectric material loaded stepped-horn antenna

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LIST OF FIGURESFigurePage2.1 Geometry of pyramidal a <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>. 62.2 Stepped-waveguide model of tapered region of <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>. 62.3 Radiating aperture of a <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong> 72.4 Step discontinuity between i-th and i + 1-th waveguide sections. 82.5 Scattering matrix representation of cascaded discontinuities 172.6 Generalized reflection matrix representation of an aperture. 182.7 (a) Original problem (b) Equivalent problem (valid only in waveguide section)(c) Equivalent problem (valid only in half space section ). 192.8 Rooftop expansion function for MX and MY 233.1 Stepped-<strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong> with variable <strong>dielectric</strong> loading for excitation of TE30mode at the aperture with 1/3 amplitude ratio of TE10 mode 363.2 as and aA width of H -plane step for TE30 mode amplitude in the ratio 1/3 tothe TE10 mode excitation. 394.1 Input reflection coefficient versus frequency for <strong>dielectric</strong> (εr = 2.63) <strong>loaded</strong>open-ended waveguide radiator with length of L = 9.51mm 454.2 Stepped-<strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong> model 474.3 Input reflection coefficient versus frequency of εr = 1.5 <strong>dielectric</strong> loading of<strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>s with uniform loading, step loading, linear loading and empty<strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong> 524.4 Gain versus frequency of <strong>dielectric</strong> (ε r = 1.5) <strong>loaded</strong> <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>s withuniform loading, step loading, linear loading and empty <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>. . . 534.5 Aperture efficiency versus frequency of <strong>dielectric</strong> (εr = 1.5) <strong>loaded</strong> <strong>horn</strong><strong>antenna</strong>s with uniform loading, step loading, linear loading and empty <strong>horn</strong><strong>antenna</strong>. 544.6 Cross-polarization level versus frequency of <strong>dielectric</strong> (εr = 1.5) <strong>loaded</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>swith uniform loading, step loading, linear loading and empty <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>. 554.7 Input reflection coefficient versus frequency of the <strong>dielectric</strong> (εr = 1.2, εr =1.5, εr = 1.7) <strong>loaded</strong> <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>s and empty <strong>horn</strong> <strong>antenna</strong>. 56ix

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