Fan-beam millimeter-wave antenna design based on the cylindrical Luneberg lens

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2147-2156

  Wu, Xidong ^a   Laurin, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cylindrical lens; Fan beam; Luneberg Lens; Millimeter waves; Multiple beams; Tapered slot antenna; Wideband

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; DIFFRACTION; LENSES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA DESIGN; CYLINDRICAL LENS; FAN BEAMS; LINEAR TAPERED SLOT ANTENNA (LTSA); LUNEBERG LENS; MILLIMETER-WAVE ANTENNA;

SLOT ANTENNAS;

EID: 34548186195     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.901843     Document Type: Article

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