A comparative study of horn antennas suitable for the transmitting antenna array module of MELISSA architecture

Shweta Vincent; Sharmila Anand John Francis; Om Prakash Kumar; Elijah Blessing Rajsingh

doi:10.1109/DISCOVER.2016.7806226

A comparative study of horn antennas suitable for the transmitting antenna array module of MELISSA architecture

Shweta Vincent, Sharmila Anand John Francis, Om Prakash Kumar, Elijah Blessing Rajsingh

Department of Mechatronics Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal

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Abstract

The MELISSA system is a ground based aperture radar that has been designed for landslide monitoring in Italy. It consists of a linear antenna array of 12 Pyramidal horn antennas present in the transmitting module of the system and another linear array of 12 receiving Vivaldi antennas. It has been proven that an alternate planar antenna array geometry of 2 × 6 pyramidal horn antennas gives a better performance than the 12 linear horns; present in the transmitting module of MELISSA; in terms of directivity, half power beam width and peak side lobe ratio. This paper aims at presenting a comparative study of peak gains and half power beam widths of various other types of individual horn antenna elements that could be used to replace the conventional pyramidal horn in the earlier proposed 2 × 6 planar configuration and thereby revise the MELISSA system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	28-34
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509016235
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DISCOVER.2016.7806226
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016 - Mangalore, India Duration: 13-08-2016 → 14-08-2016

Conference

Conference	2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016
Country	India
City	Mangalore
Period	13-08-16 → 14-08-16

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Artificial Intelligence
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture

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Vincent, S., Francis, S. A. J., Kumar, O. P., & Rajsingh, E. B. (2016). A comparative study of horn antennas suitable for the transmitting antenna array module of MELISSA architecture. In 2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016 - Proceedings (pp. 28-34). [7806226] Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/DISCOVER.2016.7806226

Vincent, Shweta ; Francis, Sharmila Anand John ; Kumar, Om Prakash ; Rajsingh, Elijah Blessing. / A comparative study of horn antennas suitable for the transmitting antenna array module of MELISSA architecture. 2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. pp. 28-34

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Vincent, S, Francis, SAJ, Kumar, OP & Rajsingh, EB 2016, A comparative study of horn antennas suitable for the transmitting antenna array module of MELISSA architecture. in 2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016 - Proceedings., 7806226, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 28-34, 2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016, Mangalore, India, 13-08-16. https://doi.org/10.1109/DISCOVER.2016.7806226

A comparative study of horn antennas suitable for the transmitting antenna array module of MELISSA architecture. / Vincent, Shweta; Francis, Sharmila Anand John; Kumar, Om Prakash; Rajsingh, Elijah Blessing.

2016 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing, VLSI, Electrical Circuits and Robotics, DISCOVER 2016 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2016. p. 28-34 7806226.

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