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Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012

Filed:

Jun. 11, 2008
Applicants:

Chih-chien Hsu, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);

Sudhakar K. Rao, Churchville, PA (US);

Inventors:

Chih-Chien Hsu, Cherry Hill, NJ (US);

Sudhakar K. Rao, Churchville, PA (US);

Assignee:

Lockhead Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01Q 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A horn antenna includes smooth-walls with multiple slope discontinuities. The horn antenna may have more than an octave bandwidth with a 2.25:1 bandwidth ratio to cover the frequencies of 20 GHz, 30 GHz, and 45 GHz, or all the desired bands for military or other communications.


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