Synthesis of Ultra-Wideband TEM Horn with Inhomogeneous Dielectric Medium

Abstract: There were proposed new formulas for the dielectric medium permittivity distribution along spatial coordinates in the space between a linear TEM-horn's leafs, which were obtained according to the rules of geometric optics in the assumption of the phase center being lumped or distributed. The formulas has been checked by FDTD simulation of an ultra-wideband signal excitation; two cases were studied---when dielectric medium is present, and absent. For these both cases, there was obtained voltage steady-wave ratio, as well as radiation patterns at a set of frequencies up to 20~GHz; the results comparison was performed.