Primary radiator for parabolic antenna

• US 7,027,003 B2
• Filed: 05/11/2004
• Issued: 04/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., SPC Electronics Corp. (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Funai Electric Co., Ltd., SPC Electronics Corp. (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Mori, Tomoyuki, Sasaki, Masatoshi, Obinata, Kenji
• Primary Examiner(s): Chen, Shih-Chao
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lie, Angela M
• Application Number:
  US10/843,244
• Publication Number:
  US 20040227686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 343/786, 343/772, 343/775, 343/779
• US Class Current: 343/786
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 1/421 Means for correcting aberrations introduced by a radome
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 13/02 Waveguide horns

Abstract

A primary radiator used for a parabolic antenna including: a radiator body having a horn part provided at one end of a waveguide; and a waterproof cover covering an open end of the horn part of the radiator body, wherein a step is formed on an inner surface of the horn part of the radiator body, and a position of the step is set so that radio waves reflected on the waterproof cover are cancelled out by radio waves reflected on the step to prevent multiple reflection in the radiator body.

Claims

1. A primary radiator for a parabolic antenna comprising:

a radiator body having a waveguide and a horn part provided at one end of said waveguide; and

a waterproof cover covering an open end of said horn part,

wherein a step for reducing reflection loss is provided on an inner surface of said radiator body, and

a position and a size of said step are set so as to limit reflection loss that occurs in said radiator body to an allowable upper limit or lower,

wherein a distance between said waterproof cover and said step is set to be substantially equal to an odd multiple of 180°

in terms of a phase angle of a radio wave propagating in said radiator body.

2. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein said step is provided on an inner surface of said horn part.

3. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein said step is provided on a border between said horn part and the waveguide.

4. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein said step is provided on an inner surface of said waveguide.

5. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein said step is integrally formed on said radiator body.

6. The primary radiator according to claim 1, wherein said radiator body is formed to have an inner surface rotationally symmetric with respect to a central axis, and said step is formed to be rotationally symmetric with respect to the central axis of said radiator body.