2020-08-04
Low Permittivity Environmentally Friendly Lenses for Ku Band
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Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 93, 1-7, 2020
Abstract
Lenses can be used to focus and disperse the electric field emitted by the antenna. Sustainable and environmentally friendly lenses were made from lithium molybdenum oxide (LMO) glass composite. Half spherical lenses with a diameter of a 30 mm were fabricated from LMO composite, and the antenna properties were measured with a waveguide feed. The lens enhanced radiation pattern was measured at Ku band, and the improvement in the gain was found to be 2 dB.
Citation
Mikko Kokkonen, Mikko Nelo, Jiangcheng Chen, Sami Myllymäki, and Heli Jantunen, "Low Permittivity Environmentally Friendly Lenses for Ku Band," Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters, Vol. 93, 1-7, 2020.
doi:10.2528/PIERL20060108
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