Analysis of Annular Corrugated Horn using FDTD

환상 골진 혼 안테나의 FDTD에 의한 해석

  • 김도현 ((주) SK Teletech(SK Teletech Corp)) ;
  • 손병문 (홍익대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 구연건 (홍익대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 2001.12.01

Abstract

The fields at the aperture of conical horn antenna with corrugations parallel to the axis have been analyzed using FDTD(Finite Difference Time Domain). Easy calculation depending on the change of the structure of antenna and time reduction can be achieved by 2-D FDTD coding with the first-order Mur ABC(absorbing boundary condition). It is confirmed that the corrugation can reduce phase difference of field on aperture. also it is investigated that the directivity is increased by 6.1 %, 12.9%, and 28.4% with one corrugation, two corrugations, three corrugations, respectively. It is also found that the improvement of the characteristics of the antenna is not proportional to the number of the corrugation but more dependent on the location of the corrugation near the aperture than that far the aperture.

본 논문에서는 시간영역 해석방법인 FDTD방법을 이용하여 환상 골진 혼 안테나의 corrugation의 개수와 위치를 바꿔가면서 전파반사 특성 및 방사패턴과 지향성를 분석하였다. 2차원 코딩을 함으로써 계산시간을 줄일 수 있었으며, 맥스웰 방정식을 원통좌표계로 이산화하여 코딩을 함으로써 좀더 정확한 결과를 얻을 수 있었다. corrugation이 있을 때가 없을 때보다 개구면에서 위상차가 조금 줄어들었으며 그 결과 S$_{11}$의 값과 지향성 값이 개선되었다. 그러나 corrugation 증가에 비례하여 성능이 개선되지는 아니하며 개구면에 위치한 corrugation이 안테나의 특성에 큰 영향을 줌을 알 수 있었다.

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