研究目的
To present a Luneburg lens and a Luneburg reflector-lens along with the corresponding compact and cost-effective multibeam antennas in the Ka-band for millimeter-wave (mmW) wireless communications.
研究成果
The proposed air-filled Luneburg lens/reflector-lens antennas can provide flexible and cost-effective choices for multibeam systems in the mmW wireless communication applications. The measured results indicate acceptable performances of aperture efficiency, impedance matching and multi-port isolation.
研究不足
The dielectric losses become more prominent and affect the efficiencies of the lens antennas in mmW band. The proposed solution is to use air-filled fully metallic periodic structures.
1:Experimental Design and Method Selection:
The Luneburg lens is composed of an air-filled parallel plate waveguide (PPW) loaded with equal-sized metallic posts. The upper plate of the PPW is designed to a curved surface to meet the requirement of the equivalent refractive index profile. A reflecting wall is introduced to the Luneburg lens to achieve a Luneburg reflector-lens. WR28 rectangular waveguides are employed as the feeders.
2:Sample Selection and Data Sources:
The design and experimental verification are conducted in the whole Ka-band.
3:List of Experimental Equipment and Materials:
WR28 rectangular waveguides, air-filled PPW loaded with equal-sized metallic posts.
4:Experimental Procedures and Operational Workflow:
The Luneburg lens/reflector-lens antennas with single beam and multiple beams are designed and experimentally verified. The multibeam Luneburg lens antenna shows beam scanning from -45° to +45° with 0.6 dB scan loss. The multibeam Luneburg reflector-lens antenna shows beam scanning from 30° to 60° with 0.7 dB scan loss.
5:6 dB scan loss. The multibeam Luneburg reflector-lens antenna shows beam scanning from 30° to 60° with 7 dB scan loss.
Data Analysis Methods:
5. Data Analysis Methods: The performances of aperture efficiency, impedance matching and multi-port isolation are analyzed.
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