A dielectric lens antenna with enhanced aperture efficiency for industrial radar applications

MECAP'10, 1st Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pohl, N ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aperture efficiency enhancement; Directional UWB antenna; Industrial radar; Lens antenna; Radar; Radar distance measurement

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR WIDTH; APERTURE EFFICIENCY; DIELECTRIC LENS ANTENNA; DIRECTIONAL UWB ANTENNA; INDUSTRIAL RADAR; RADAR APPLICATIONS; RADAR DISTANCE MEASUREMENT; SIDELOBE LEVELS;

BENCHMARKING; INDUSTRY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 79952981015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MECAP.2010.5724171     Document Type: Conference Paper

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