Design and characterization of 60-GHz integrated lens antennas fabricated through ceramic stereolithography

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2757-2762

  Nguyen, Ngoc Tinh ^a   Delhote, Nicolas ^b   Ettorre, Mauro ^a   Baillargeat, Dominique ^b   Le Coq, Laurent ^a   Sauleau, Ronan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

Author keywords

Broadband lens; ceramic stereolithography; integrated lens antennas; millimeter wave

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; BROADBAND LENS; CENTER FREQUENCY; CROSS-POLARIZATION LEVEL; FEED LOSS; GHZ BAND; IMPEDANCE MATCHINGS; INTEGRATED LENS ANTENNAS; LENS SURFACE; MAIN BEAMS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; REFLECTION COEFFICIENTS; SIDELOBE LEVELS;

CERAMIC MATERIALS; MICROLENSES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STEREOLITHOGRAPHY;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 77955440612     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2050447     Document Type: Article

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