Focal array fed dielectric lenses: An attractive solution for beam reconfiguration at millimeter waves

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 6 PART 2, 2011, Pages 2152-2159

  Nguyen, Ngoc Tinh ^a   Sauleau, Ronan ^a   Ettorre, Mauro ^a   Le Coq, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Beam reconfiguration; focal arrays; lens antennas; millimeter waves; multiple beams; shaped beams

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE COEFFICIENTS; ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; BEAM RECONFIGURATION; BEAM SCANNING; BEAM SYNTHESIS; BEAM-SHAPING; DIELECTRIC LENS; DIELECTRIC LENS ANTENNA; FDTD METHOD; FOCAL ARRAYS; KA BAND; MATCHING LAYER; MULTIPLE BEAMS; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRINTED ANTENNA ARRAYS; QUARTER-WAVELENGTH; RADIATION PATTERNS; SHAPED BEAM;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FOCUSING; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 79957980009     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2144550     Document Type: Article

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