Design of rotational dielectric dome with linear array feed for wide-angle multibeam antenna applications

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part II: Electronics (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 49-57

  Kawahara, Hiroyuki ^a   Deguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Mikio ^a   Shigesawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dielectric dome; Dielectric lens antenna; Optimization; Radiation pattern

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

DIELECTRIC DOME; DIELECTRIC LENS ANTENNA;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 34248571999     PISSN: 8756663X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecjb.20254     Document Type: Article

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