IETR and TKK- MilliLab measurements cooperation in ACE 2 context : characterization of a Half Maxwell Fish Eye lens at 110 and 150 GHz
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Coq, L. Le; Fuchs, B.; Lafond, O.; Himdi, M. (IETR, University of Rennes 1, France)
Vaaja, M.; Laurinaho, J. Ala; Mallat, J.; Räisänen, A. V. (MilliLab, SMARAD, Dept. of Radio Science and Engineering, TKK Helsinki University of Technology, Finland)
Abstract:
During ACE 2, transversal actions between activities were promoted. In such a context, and due to their research interests, TKK and IETR decided to cooperate for measuring a lens in millimetric bands. This lens, a Half Maxwell Fish Eye structure fed by an open ended waveguide, has been designed in an IETR PhD-study for applications in the W-band. Due to IETR measurement facilities frequency limitations, no measurements could be performed above 110 GHz. Then, in the ACE 2 context, measurements were planned with TKK to characterize this lens at 110 GHz and 150 GHz. The 110 GHz frequency was chosen for two main reasons: to check lens capabilities with a WR-6 open ended waveguide as a feed, using IETR antenna test facility; and to make comparisons between IETR far-field antenna test range and TKK planar near-field antenna test range results. Presented measurements were performed in IETR in May 2008 and in TKK in June 2008.