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Cross-polar compensating feed horn and method of manufacture

  • US 7,755,557 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2007
  • Issued: 07/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/31/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A feed horn, comprising:

  • a horn body and a waveguide body, each with a front end and a back end, respectively;

    the horn body and the waveguide body coupled together, the waveguide body front end to the horn body back end;

    the waveguide body provided with a waveguide bore between the front end and the back end;

    at least one slot formed in a sidewall of the waveguide bore generally parallel to a longitudinal axis of the waveguide bore;

    the at least one slot extending to the front end;

    the horn body provided with a horn bore between the front end and the back end, the horn bore at the back end provided with a diameter equal to or less than the waveguide bore at the front end, wherein the at least one slot has a depth greater than a first step of the horn bore.

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