HORN ANTENNA

• US 20190051990A1
• Filed: 10/12/2018
• Published: 02/14/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: LUO, Xin, CHEN, Yi, LV, Tinghai
• Granted Patent: US 10,727,607 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/02 Waveguide horns
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0013 said selective devices working as frequency-selective reflecting surfaces, e.g. FSS, dichroic plates, surfaces being partly transmissive and reflective
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/10 using reflecting surfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/132 Horn reflector antennas; Off-set feeding
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/19 comprising one main concave reflecting surface associated with an auxiliary reflecting surface
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 19/191 wherein the primary active element uses one or more deflecting surfaces, e.g. beam waveguide feeds

Abstract

The present application discloses a horn antenna, including a frequency selective surface (FSS), a connection structure, and a waveguide tube. The connection structure includes a first dielectric slab, a second dielectric slab, and a dielectric wall, which jointly form a hollow structure. A first surface of the first dielectric slab is a hyperboloid whose surface is protruding, a second surface of the first dielectric slab is connected to the dielectric wall. The dielectric wall has a tubular structure, a first surface of the dielectric wall is covered by the first dielectric slab, a second surface of the dielectric wall is covered by the second dielectric slab. There is a hole at a middle position of the second dielectric slab. The FSS covers the first surface of the first dielectric slab. A part of the waveguide tube is inserted into the hole of the second dielectric slab.

Claims

1. A horn antenna, comprising a frequency selective surface (FSS), a connection structure, and a waveguide tube, wherein

the connection structure comprises a first dielectric slab, a second dielectric slab, and a dielectric wall, a first surface of the first dielectric slab is a hyperboloid whose surface is protruding, a second surface of the first dielectric slab is connected to the dielectric wall, a spacing between the first surface and the second surface of the first dielectric slab is a thickness of the first dielectric slab, the dielectric wall has a tubular structure, a first surface of the dielectric wall is covered by the first dielectric slab, a second surface of the dielectric wall is covered by the second dielectric slab, a spacing between the first surface and the second surface of the dielectric wall is a height of the dielectric wall, an area of the first surface of the dielectric wall is not less than an area of the second surface of the dielectric wall, the second dielectric slab has a hole at a middle position of the second dielectric slab, and the first dielectric slab, the dielectric wall, and the second dielectric slab jointly form a hollow structure;

the FSS covers the first surface of the first dielectric slab; and

a part of the waveguide tube is inserted into the hole of the second dielectric slab.

2. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein an array arrangement direction of the FSS is 45 degrees or 135 degrees to a polarization direction of an incident electromagnetic wave.

3. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the first dielectric slab is half of a wavelength corresponding to a first frequency in the first dielectric slab, and the first frequency is a transmission band center frequency of the FSS.

4. The horn antenna according to claim 1, wherein another part of the waveguide tube is inserted into the hollow structure.

5. The horn antenna according to claim 4, wherein the horn antenna further comprises a choke groove located around the waveguide tube inserted into the hollow structure, a groove depth of the choke groove is ¼

of a wavelength corresponding to a first frequency in air, and the first frequency is a transmission band center frequency of the FSS.

6. The horn antenna according to claim 5, wherein the horn antenna comprises more than one choke grooves, and a spacing between the choke grooves is 1/10 of the wavelength corresponding to the first frequency in air.

7. A dual-band parabolic antenna, comprising a high frequency feed, a primary reflector a horn antenna, wherein the horn antenna comprises a frequency selective surface (FSS), a connection structure, and a waveguide tube, and wherein

the connection structure comprises a first dielectric slab, a second dielectric slab, and a dielectric wall, a first surface of the first dielectric slab is a hyperboloid whose surface is protruding, a second surface of the first dielectric slab is connected to the dielectric wall, a spacing between the first surface and the second surface of the first dielectric slab is a thickness of the first dielectric slab, the dielectric wall has a tubular structure, a first surface of the dielectric wall is covered by the first dielectric slab, a second surface of the dielectric wall is covered by the second dielectric slab, a spacing between the first surface and the second surface of the dielectric wall is a height of the dielectric wall, an area of the first surface of the dielectric wall is not less than an area of the second surface of the dielectric wall, the second dielectric slab has a hole at a middle position of the second dielectric slab, and the first dielectric slab, the dielectric wall, and the second dielectric slab jointly form a hollow structure;

the FSS covers the first surface of the first dielectric slab; and

a part of the waveguide tube is inserted into the hole of the second dielectric slab.