Accession Number:

ADD012108

Title:

Multibeam Lens Antennas.

Descriptive Note:

Patent,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Clapp,Roger E.

Report Date:

1985-12-10

Pagination or Media Count:

14.0

Abstract:

Multibeam lens antennas are often circular, and utilize propagation in disk-shaped parallel-surface regions. There is phase correction through terms in theta squared, where theta is the angle of an aperture point measured from the boresight direction. In the new designs herein, the lens comprises two portions, each being two closely spaced plates with a dielectric medium between them. One portion is formed as a surface of revolutioncyclindrical or conical with two circular ends, one end being an aperture with element feedpoints coupled to array elements. The other portion is a cap joined to the other end of the first portion. The cap may be a disk or a segment of a sphere. The dimensions and indices of refraction are selected to provide focus points for feed ports, with each focus being for a specific beam direction. The parameters may be selected so that the focus points are within the cap, at the periphery of the cap, or at the aperture.

Descriptors:

• *PATENTS
• *MULTIPLE BEAM ANTENNAS
• *CYLINDRICAL BODIES
• *LENS ANTENNAS
• *DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS
• BORESIGHTING
• CIRCULAR
• BEAM STEERING
• ARRAYS
• CORRECTIONS
• SPHERES
• DIELECTRICS
• SURFACES
• DIRECTIONAL

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE