Reduced height Luneburg lens antennas for satellite communications-on-the-move

John Thornton; Dave Smith; Steve Foti; Yuanyuan Jiang

doi:10.1109/COMITE.2015.7120325

Reduced height Luneburg lens antennas for satellite communications-on-the-move

John Thornton, Dave Smith, Steve Foti, Yuanyuan Jiang

Northumbria University

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Abstract

The hemispherical (or half-Luneburg) lens antenna is a candidate type for satellite communications-on-the-move, either singly or as an element in a small array. It offers good aperture efficiency in a reduced height and excellent scanning performance. This work describes the development of half Luneburg lens antennas together with feeding arrangements to provide highly directive antennas with good scanning properties. The effects of the primary feed pattern and other loss mechanisms are investigated and reported. Measured gain for a 432mm diameter polymer lens at 30 GHz is 38.7 dBi.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2015 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
ISBN (Print)	9781479981212
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMITE.2015.7120325
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE) - Pardubice Duration: 1 Jan 2015 → …

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Conference	2015 Conference on Microwave Techniques (COMITE)
Period	1/01/15 → …

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Ka-band
lens antennas
satellite communications-on-the-move (SOTM)
user terminal antennas

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