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A 30 GHz Planar Array Antenna Using Coupled Lens

Angel Colin,

Dr. Angel Colin

Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica (INAOE)

Mexico

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David Ortiz,

Mr. David Ortiz

Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)

Spain

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Enrique Villa,

Dr. Enrique Villa

IACTec

Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias

España

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Eduardo Artal,

Dr. Eduardo Artal

Ingenieria de Comunicaciones

Universidad de Cantabria

Spain

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Enrique Martínez-Gonzalez

Dr. Enrique Martínez-Gonzalez

Instituto de Física de Cantabria (CSIC-UC)

Spain

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 25, 31-36, 2011

doi:10.2528/PIERL11050904

Abstract

Measurements of the radiation patterns from a planar array of bow-tie slot antennas coupled through an extended hemispherical lens are reported. The design operates over 10% bandwidth centred at 30 GHz with a return loss of 10 dB. A moderate directivity from the integrated lenses of 13 dB with half-power beamwidth (HPBW) of 10º is achieved. The reduced size of this design is suitable for the integration with millimetre wave circuits.

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Angel Colin, David Ortiz, Enrique Villa, Eduardo Artal, and Enrique Martínez-Gonzalez, "A 30 GHz Planar Array Antenna Using Coupled Lens," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 25, 31-36, 2011.
doi:10.2528/PIERL11050904

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2. Colin, A. and P. Febvre, "Design of a wideband slot bow-tie antenna excited by a microstrip to CPW transition for application in the millimetre wave band," PIERS Proceedings, 1421-1425, Moscow, Russia, August 18-21, 2009.

3. Colin, A., E. Artal, E. Villa, D. Ortiz, and E. Martinez-Gonzalez, "Bow-tie slot antenna for 29 to 45 GHz band," Far East Journal of Electronics and Communications, Vol. 4, 69-76, 2010.