Compound grin fanbeam lens antenna with wideband wide-angle beam-scanning

NC Garcia, JD Chisum - IEEE Transactions on Antennas and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a parallel-plate waveguide (PPWG) fanbeam antenna achieving a field
of view with an average maximum scan loss of over the Ka-band for a flat feed surface. This …

2-D wide-angle multi-beam flat GRIN lens with a high aperture efficiency

LZ Song, M Ansari, PY Qin, S Maci… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High aperture efficiency 2-D multibeam flat gradient index (GRIN) lenses are developed in
this work. New methods based on bifocal analysis are found to determine the refractive …

Feed corrective lenslets for enhanced beamscan in flat lens antenna systems

N Garcia, W Wang, J Chisum - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A method for improving beamscan performance of flat lens antenna systems is proposed,
wherein small gradient index (GRIN) lenses are included in the feed apertures to correct …

Beamforming phased-array-fed lenses with> 0.5 λ-spaced elements

W Wang, N Estes, NC Garcia, M Roddy… - … on Antennas and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a phased-array-fed lens (PAFL) antenna that is capable of beamforming like a
phased array but with array elements spaced beyond. The PAFL produces high-quality …

High-frequency Limits for 3D-Printed Gradient-index (GRIN) Lens Antennas

W Wang, P Lambert, J Chisum - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Artificial dielectrics are widely used for Gradient-Index (GRIN) lens antennas. The unit-cell
size of an artificial dielectric determines the maximum operating frequency and also drives …

Compound GRIN Lens Fanbeam Antenna for Wide-angle Scanning

N Garcia, J Chisum - … on Antennas and Propagation and USNC …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Ka-band fanbeam GRIN lens antenna using two GRIN lenses for enhanced beamscan is
proposed and validated in full-wave simulation. Over the band of interest, the two-lens …

A GRIN-Lens-Coupled Nonlinear Receiver for Ultra-Low-Energy Large-Area Millimeter-Wave Mobile Wireless Communications

NJ Estes, N Garcia, J Chisum - … Meeting (AP-S/INC-USNC-URSI …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a low-energy, low-cost beam-steering 1 Gbps receiver operating in the
millimeter-wave (MMW) band and consuming 1.15 milliwatts (mW). The receiver comprises …

Hybrid Additive-Manufactured Gradient-Index Lenses with Low-Profile and High Efficiency

B Davis, W Wang, E Versluys… - … on Antennas and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work combines multiple 3D-printed materials to extend the range of realizable dielectric
constants (D_k) for compact, additively manufactured GRIN lenses. A low-loss, high …

[图书][B] Passive Gbps Envelope Detectors for Use in Compact, Low Resolution, Energy Efficient Wireless Communication Systems

NJ Estes - 2022 - search.proquest.com
This work details the analysis and design of compact square-law envelope detectors
employing Schottky diodes for use as low-power energy efficient Gbps on-off-keying …

[图书][B] High-efficiency, Wideband Beam-scanning GRIN Lenses For Millimeter Wave Communications

NC Garcia - 2022 - search.proquest.com
Abstract Millimeter wave (MMW) GRadient INdex (GRIN) lens antennas leverage spatially
varying refractive structures to generate high directivity beams. GRIN lenses also …