A dielectric lens-based antenna concept for high-precision industrial radar measurements at 24GHz

European Microwave Week 2012: "Space for Microwaves", EuMW 2012, Conference Proceedings - 42nd European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 731-734

  Pohl, Nils ^a   Gerding, Michael ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b KROHNE MESSTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antennas and propagation; dielectric materials; electromagnetic transients; lenses; radar; radar antennas

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LENSES; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; MICROWAVES; RADAR; RADAR ANTENNAS; RADAR MEASUREMENT;

ANTENNA CONCEPTS; ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION; DIELECTRIC LENS; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TRANSIENT; MONOSTATIC RADAR; OUTER DIAMETERS; SOLID DIELECTRIC; WIDE FREQUENCY BANDS;

LENS ANTENNAS;

EID: 84874607264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.23919/eumc.2012.6459227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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