Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping

Kokou Gbele; Min Liang; Wei Ren Ng; Michael E. Gehm; Hao Xin

doi:10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956433

Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping

Kokou Gbele, Min Liang, Wei Ren Ng, Michael E. Gehm, Hao Xin

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

6 Scopus citations

Abstract

In this paper, the design, fabrication and characterization of a 3D printed Luneburg lens antenna working at Ka and Q band are proposed. Gradient index control of the lens is based on the mixing ratio of air voids and polymer. The effective dielectric constant of the unit cell was estimated using effective medium theory and extracted from full-wave finite-element simulation results. The diameter of the lens was 7 cm. A 3D polymer jetting rapid prototyping technique was employed to fabricate the lens antenna. In the measurement, the fabricated lens antenna was fed by Ka and Q band waveguides and the measured radiation pattern showed this 3D printed lens works well as a high gain antenna.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479938773
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956433
State	Published - Nov 13 2014
Event	39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014 - Tucson, United States Duration: Sep 14 2014 → Sep 19 2014

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz
ISSN (Print)	2162-2027
ISSN (Electronic)	2162-2035

Other

Other	39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014
Country	United States
City	Tucson
Period	9/14/14 → 9/19/14

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Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Gbele, K., Liang, M., Ng, W. R., Gehm, M. E., & Xin, H. (2014). Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014 [6956433] (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956433

Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping. / Gbele, Kokou; Liang, Min; Ng, Wei Ren; Gehm, Michael E.; Xin, Hao.

2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. 6956433 (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Gbele, K, Liang, M, Ng, WR, Gehm, ME & Xin, H 2014, Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping. in 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014., 6956433, International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz, IEEE Computer Society, 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014, Tucson, United States, 9/14/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956433

Gbele K, Liang M, Ng WR, Gehm ME, Xin H. Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping. In 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014. IEEE Computer Society. 2014. 6956433. (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz). https://doi.org/10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2014.6956433

Gbele, Kokou ; Liang, Min ; Ng, Wei Ren ; Gehm, Michael E. ; Xin, Hao. / Millimeter wave luneburg lens antenna fabricated by polymer jetting rapid prototyping. 2014 39th International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz 2014. IEEE Computer Society, 2014. (International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, IRMMW-THz).

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