Beam-Switching Dual-Spherical Lens Antenna with Low Scan Loss at 71-76 GHz

Antti Eino Ilmari Lamminen; Sabin Kumar Karki; Aki Karttunen; Mikko Kaunisto; Jussi Saily; Manu Lahdes; Juha Ala-Laurinaho; Ville Viikari

doi:10.1109/LAWP.2018.2868543

Beam-Switching Dual-Spherical Lens Antenna with Low Scan Loss at 71-76 GHz

Antti Eino Ilmari Lamminen
, Sabin Kumar Karki
, Aki Karttunen
, Mikko Kaunisto
, Jussi Saily
, Manu Lahdes
, Juha Ala-Laurinaho
, Ville Viikari

Aalto University

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Abstract

A millimeter wave communication system needs a directive beam-steering antenna with a low scan loss to compensate the high free space loss. In this work, an electronically beam-switching integrated lens antenna (ILA) system with low scan loss is designed for lower E-band (71-76 GHz). An ILA with hemispherical collimating surface of 26 mm radius and spherical feed surface of 37.5 mm radius is fabricated from Teflon material. A conformal 1x16 linear beam-switching feed array based on SP4T switches and Vivaldi antennas is designed. The maximum simulated and measured realized gain including the switch network losses is 21.8 dBi and 19.6 dBi, respectively. The measured scan loss of the ILA excluding the switch network loss is less than 1.3 dB in the lower E-band for beams within ±40°.

Original language	English
Article number	8454298
Pages (from-to)	1871-1875
Number of pages	5
Journal	IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume	17
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2018.2868543
Publication status	Published - 3 Oct 2018
MoE publication type	Not Eligible

Keywords

beam steering
feed network
integrated lens antenna
millimeter wave technology
RF switches
Vivaldi antenna

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