Slot antenna

Slot antenna

– A slot antenna is a radiator made by

cutting a one-half wavelength slot in a
conducting sheet of metal or into the
side or top of a waveguide.
 Slot antenna
– The slot antenna has the same
characteristics as a standard dipole antenna,
as long as the metal sheet is very large
compared to λ at the operating frequency.

– Slot antennas are widely used on high-speed

aircraft where the antenna can be integrated
into the metallic skin of the aircraft.
Slot antenna
Radiation pattern of Slot antenna

Far Field Components of Slot Radiation

 Horn Antennas

 flared waveguides that produce a nearly

uniform phase front larger than the
waveguide itself

 constructed in a variety of shapes such as

sectoral E-plane, sectoral H-plane, pyramidal,
conical, etc.
 E- and H-Plane Patterns of
the E-Plane Sectoral Horn

E-Plane
H-Plane

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Relative power (dB down)

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 E- and H-Plane Patterns of
the H-Plane Sectoral Horn

E-Plane
H-Plane
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Relative power (dB down)

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 E and H-Plane Patterns
E-Plane

H-Plane
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 E- and H-Plane Patterns of The
Conical Horn Antenna

E-Plane
H-Plane

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Relative power (dB down)

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 Pyramidal Horn
 combination of the E-plane and H-plane horns and as
such is flared in both directions
 Other horn antenna types

 Multimode Horns
 Corrugated Horns
 Hog Horns
 Biconical Horns
 Dielectric Loaded Horns

etc.
 Application Areas

 used as a feed element for large radio astronomy,

satellite tracking and communication dishes
 A common element of phased arrays
 used in the calibration, other high-gain antennas
 used for making electromagnetic interference
measurements