W-band high gain lens antenna for metrology and radar applications

Author

Migliaccio, C. ; Dauvignac, J.-Y. ; Brochier, L. ; Le Sonn, J.L. ; Pichot, Ch

Author_Institution

Lab. d´´Electronique, Univ. de Nice-Sophia Antipolis/CNRS UMR, Valbonne, France

Volume

40

Issue

22

fYear

2004

Firstpage

1394

Lastpage

1396

Abstract

A W-band high gain lens antenna has been realised and measured. A hyperbolic lens made in ECCOSTOCK 0005 is associated to an optimised modified circular horn related to a circular-to-rectangular waveguide transition in order to fit the WR-10 standard waveguide. The antenna provides more than 30 dBi gain between 75 and 110 GHz. It is competitive in several fields of applications: first, obstacle detection radar application (at 77 or 94 GHz), secondly metrology, for example, in order to measure radar cross-sections over the whole W-band with a single antenna.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna theory; horn antennas; lens antennas; millimetre wave antennas; radar antennas; radar cross-sections; road vehicle radar; waveguide transitions; 75 to 110 GHz; ECCOSTOCK 0005; W-band high gain lens antenna; WR-10 standard waveguide; circular-rectangular waveguide transition; hyperbolic lens; metrology; obstacle detection radar application; optimised modified circular horn; radar cross-sections measurement; single antenna;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20046507

Filename

1352845