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What is the effect of the flare angle on a horn's phase distribution?

  • A.A larger flare gives a greater quadratic phase error across the aperture
  • B.A larger flare removes the phase error entirely once the throat is matched
  • C.The flare angle changes the amplitude taper but leaves the phase quite flat
  • D.The flare angle affects the impedance match only and not the aperture field

Answer: A

Because the wave in a horn spreads spherically, the path from the apex to the aperture edge is longer than to its centre, and that difference grows with the flare angle, producing a quadratic phase error that broadens the beam and fills the nulls. An optimum horn balances that error against the aperture size, which is why gain does not rise indefinitely with flare. The other options misattribute the effect to amplitude or to matching alone.

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