An antenna includes a reflector and a waveguide assembly. The waveguide assembly includes a feed assembly and a support member that extends from behind the reflector to orient the feed assembly for direct illumination of the reflector. The waveguide assembly includes a first waveguide coupled to a first portion of a common waveguide, a second waveguide coupled to a second portion of the common waveguide, and a septum layer that includes a septum polarizer coupled between the common waveguide and the first and second waveguides.

Dual-polarized antenna, including several antenna elements arranged in cell units. Each cell unit includes four antenna elements and two 1-to-4 junctions, a first of the two junctions being associated with a first polarization and a second of the two junctions being associated with a second polarization. The antenna also includes an array of dividers/combiners. The four antenna elements of each cell unit are superposed and several cell units are juxtaposed. Each cell unit includes two antenna elements and two other antenna elements which are offset.

Antenna feed chains and methods are disclosed. An antenna feed chain, include a feed horn having a first cross-polarization performance over a solid angle of interest and a frequency band of interest and a polarizer having a second cross-polarization performance over the solid angle of interest and the frequency band of interest. The polarizer is coupled to the feed horn. The first cross-polarization performance of the feed horn compensates for the second cross-polarization performance of the polarizer over the solid angle of interest and the frequency band of interest.

An orth-mode transducer (OMT) assembly, including an OMT common port, an OMT feeder, and a polarization separated core. An input end of the OMT common port is connected to a single polarization antenna, one end of the OMT feeder is connected to an output end of the OMT common port, and an other end of the OMT feeder is connected to the polarization separated core, the OMT feeder has a tubular structure, and horizontal and vertical axes of an inner wall cross section of the OMT feeder are unequal, or a tuning rod is disposed in a tube of the OMT feeder and is perpendicular to an extension direction of the tube, and a vertical polarization port and a horizontal polarization port are disposed in the polarization separated core, the vertical polarization port transmits a vertical polarization wave, and the horizontal polarization port transmits a horizontal polarization wave.

Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna and a dual-band feed assembly. The dual-band feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure and a sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. The sub-reflector is mounted proximate the distal end of the coaxial waveguide structure.

An integral waveguide device herein includes a polarizer component comprising a waveguide and a dielectric slab, the dielectric slab configured to change a polarization of a signal passing through the waveguide. The integral waveguide device also includes a feed horn for conveying signals between the waveguide and a parabolic antenna. The waveguide of the polarizer and the feed horn are manufactured as an integral component with the feed horn disposed at a first end of the waveguide.

An antenna array includes at least two antennas with dual polarization, each antenna including: at least one first port intended for a first signal with a first polarization; at least one second port intended for a second signal with a second polarization; a polarizer including a septum for combining the signal on the first port with the signal on the second port; a polarization-preserving evanescent filter, one end of which is directly coupled to the polarizer and the other end is directly coupled to the ether. The evanescent filter includes an internal channel with at least one internal face provided with protuberances to match the impedance of the antenna to that of the ether.

Antenna systems and methods providing dual polarization are provided. The system includes one or more antenna elements, with each antenna element having feed points on adjacent sides. A first of the feed points is associated with a first one of a transmitted or received signal, while a second one of the feed points is associated with a second one of a transmitted or received signal. The sides of the rectangular driven element can feature different lengths, to provide transmit and receive bands that are separated from one another in frequency. A polarizer is disposed between the antenna elements and free space. Linearly polarized signals from the antenna elements are transformed into circularly polarized signals by the polarizer. Circularly polarized signals received at the antenna system are transformed into linearly polarized signals before they are passed to the antenna elements. An antenna system as disclosed herein can include a plurality of antenna elements arranged in an array.

Microwave antenna systems include a parabolic reflector antenna having a feed bore and a feed assembly. The feed assembly includes a coaxial waveguide structure that extends through the feed bore, a sub-reflector, and a first dielectric block that is positioned between the coaxial waveguide structure and the sub-reflector. The coaxial waveguide structure includes a central waveguide and an outer waveguide that circumferentially surrounds the central waveguide. One of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide extends further from the feed bore towards the sub-reflector than the other of the central waveguide and the outer waveguide.

Antenna assemblies are described herein. In particular, described herein are multi-focal-point antenna devices and compact radio frequency (RF) antenna devices. Any of these assemblies may include a primary feed that includes a single patterned emitting surface from which multiple different beams of RF signals are emitted corresponding to different antenna input feeds each communicating with the patterned antenna emitting surface. The antenna assembly is therefore capable of emitting beams in the same direction having different polarizations using a single primary feed.