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V-Band Fully Metallic Geodesic Luneburg Lens Antenna

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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
卷 71, 期 2, 页码 1965-1970

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IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2022.3228690

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Lenses; Antennas; Directive antennas; Antenna measurements; Refractive index; Tolerance analysis; Prototypes; Fully metallic antenna; geodesic lens; Luneburg lens antenna; multiple beam antenna; V-band

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This communication reports the first experimental verification of a fully metallic geodesic Luneburg lens antenna in the V-band, which exhibits low losses and a steerable directive beam. Two measures are taken to alleviate the manufacturing tolerances for the prototype, including placing electromagnetic band gap (EGB) structures and improving the electrical contact between the two pieces. The measurements confirm the applicability of geodesic Luneburg lens antennas for V-band applications, with the robust version showing good agreement with simulations.
Antennas in emerging millimeter-wave (mm-wave) applications are often required to have low losses and produce a steerable directive beam. These properties are achievable with fully metallic geodesic Luneburg lens antennas. In this communication, we report the first experimental verification of a geodesic Luneburg lens antenna in the V-band. The designed lens antenna is fed with 13 waveguides providing beam switching capability in a 110?degrees range. The lens is implemented in the parallel plate waveguide (PPW) technology. The antenna is manufactured in two pieces, and a tolerance analysis indicates that gaps between the pieces can cause a severe performance degradation. Based on this tolerance analysis, two measures are taken to alleviate the manufacturing tolerances for the prototype. First, electromagnetic band gap (EGB) structures are placed around the feeding waveguides. Second, the electrical contact between the two pieces is improved in critical regions. Two prototypes are manufactured, one without and one with the extra measures implemented. The measured radiation patterns of the prototype without these measures have high side lobes and low realized gain compared with the simulation. The measurements of the robust version of the prototype agree well with the simulations and demonstrate the applicability of geodesic Luneburg lens antennas for applications in the V-band.

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