Effect of internal reflections on the radiation properties and input impedance of integrated lens antennas - Comparison between theory and measurements

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 6 I, 2001, Pages 1118-1125

  Van Der Vorst, Maarten J M ^a,b   De Maagt, Peter J I ^a,b   Neto, Andrea ^a,b   Reynolds, Andrew L ^c   Heeres, Rob M ^d   Luinge, Willem ^e   Herben, Matti H A J ^a,f  

^a IEEE

^b EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^e SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^f EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Integrated lens antennas; Internal reflections and input impedance

Indexed keywords

INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; LENS ANTENNAS;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCIES; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFLECTION; SUBMILLIMETER WAVES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0035368750     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.925500     Document Type: Article

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