• DocumentCode
    1110923
  • Title

    Impedance-Matched Microwave Lens

  • Author

    Alitalo, Pekka ; Luukkonen, Olli ; Vehmas, Joni ; Tretyakov, Sergei A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Radio Sci. & Eng./ SMARAD Center of Excellence, TKK Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Helsinki
  • Volume
    7
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    6/30/1905 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    187
  • Lastpage
    191
  • Abstract
    A microwave lens with highly reduced reflectance, as compared to conventional dielectric lenses, is proposed. The lens is based on two-dimensional or three-dimensional transmission-line networks that can be designed to have an effective refractive index larger than one, while having almost perfect impedance matching with free space. The design principles are presented and an example lens is studied using commercial simulation software.
  • Keywords
    impedance matching; lenses; microwave devices; refractive index; transmission line theory; dielectric lenses; impedance-matched microwave lens; perfect impedance matching; refractive index; three-dimensional transmission-line networks; two-dimensional transmission-line networks; Lens; reflection; refraction; transmission line;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1225
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LAWP.2008.920906
  • Filename
    4476077