Dual-Polarized Corrugated Horns for Advanced Measurement Applications

Recent advances in the design of orthomode junctions (OMJs) have created new devices capable of achieving as much as a 1:4 bandwidth, while maintaining the high performance of traditional OMJ designs. The new OMJ technology is based on an inverted-ridge structure, with four symmetrical feeding points for external balanced feeding, stabilizing the frequency dependence of the OMJ. This paper discusses the achievable performance and limitations of wideband probes with multiple corrugated apertures. It shows measured and predicted design examples of apertures covering up to 1:2 bandwidth in the L- to Ka-band range.