著者

Maki Arai Takana Kaho

出版者

The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers

雑誌

IEICE Communications Express (ISSN:21870136)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.12, no.2, pp.48-53, 2023-02-01 (Released:2023-02-01)

参考文献数

14

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In this paper, we describe a novel 3-D Luneburg lens using radial holes. A Luneburg lens can suppress the side lobe of the antenna and increase the gain. The prototype Luneburg lens was fabricated using a 30mm radius dielectric sphere with uniform permittivity by 2.1 and many holes by 1mm radius, called radial holes drilled vertically on the sphere surface. The relative permittivity distribution of the Luneburg lens is realized by changing the number and depth of five types of holes. To confirm the effectiveness of the fabricated Luneburg lens, the far-field radiation pattern at 25GHz was measured using a flanged rectangular waveguide as a wave source. It achieved a high gain of 22.4dBi. The measured radiation pattern generally agreed well with the theoretical radiation pattern of the Luneburg lens, and the validity of the Luneburg lens with radial holes at the quasi-millimeter wave was confirmed. It can be used for beam steering in 5G/6G base stations.