Very broadband extended hemispherical lenses: Role of matching layers for bandwidth enlargement

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1907-1913

  Nguyen, Ngoc Tinh ^a   Sauleau, Ronan ^a   Pérez, Cecilio José Martínez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband integrated lens antennas; Matching layers; Millimeter wave; Substrate lenses

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA FEEDERS; BANDWIDTH; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MILLIMETER WAVES; SLOT ANTENNAS; TRAVELING WAVE TUBES;

ANTI-REFLECTION LAYERS; BEAM CHARACTERISTICS; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DIELECTRIC-LOADED WAVEGUIDES; INTEGRATED LENS ANTENNAS; MATCHING LAYER; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION PERFORMANCE;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 67949115714     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2021884     Document Type: Article

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