Title :
A novel Luneburg lens feed for multiple beam antennas
Author :
Goonan, M.J. ; Davies, W.S.
Author_Institution :
Telecom Res. Lab., Clayton, Vic., Australia
fDate :
June 28 1993-July 2 1993
Abstract :
A novel implementation of a Luneburg lens has been developed to feed a circular array which can potentially radiate 36 simultaneous beams of 10/spl deg/ beamwidth. The Luneburg lens provides full 360/spl deg/ coverage and perfect focus. The motivation for this work comes from a requirement of Telecom Australia to investigate multiple beam antennas with 360/spl deg/ azimuth coverage as potential base station antennas in a cellular mobile telephone system in the frequency band of 825-896 MHz.<>
Keywords :
antenna feeds; antenna radiation patterns; cellular radio; lens antennas; multibeam antennas; 825 to 896 MHz; Luneburg lens feed; Telecom Australia; UHF; base station antennas; cellular mobile telephone system; circular array; coverage; focus; multiple beam antennas; Australia; Azimuth; Base stations; Directional antennas; Feeds; Frequency; Lenses; Mobile antennas; Telecommunications; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1993. AP-S. Digest
Conference_Location :
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1246-5
DOI :
10.1109/APS.1993.385510
