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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1976
Timothy A Crail, Culver City, CA (US);
Mon N Wong, Culver City, CA (US);
Hughes Aircraft Company, Culver City, CA (US);
Abstract
A horn antenna is disclosed having a built-in circular polarizer and a cross polarization attenuator. A square-apertured horn antenna has a plurality of pairs of conductive fins disposed along opposite edges of the horn interior. The individual fins are separated from each other by approximately one-fourth wavelength. The fins are at a 45 degree angle to that linear wave and react with that linear wave by imparting a circular rotation to that wave as the wave propagates past each pair of fins. A stepped attenuator is mounted in the input section to the horn antenna perpendicular to the linear input wave. The attenuator substantially absorbs cross-polarized signals whether reflected from the aperture of the horn or provided by the incoming signal.