Performance Evaluation of a 120 GHz 3D-Printed Plastic Elliptical Lens Antenna-System

Creators: Bisognin, Aimeric; Ferrero, Fabien; Titz, Diane; Jacquemod, Gilles; Pilard, Romain; Gianesello, Frédéric; Gloria, Daniel; Laporte, C.; Ezzeddine, H.; Ratajczak, Philippe; Costa, Jorge R.; Lima, Eduardo B.; Fernandes, Carlos; Luxey, Cyril

Others:: STMicroelectronics [Crolles] (ST-CROLLES); Laboratoire d'Electronique, Antennes et Télécommunications (LEAT) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA); Electronique pour Objets Connectés (EpOC) ; Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS) ; COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Polytech Nice-Sophia-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA); STMicroelectronics; Orange Labs [La Turbie] ; France Télécom; CREMANT

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This paper investigates the performance of a 3D-printed plastic lens operating in the 120 GHz frequency band. An Integrated Passive Device module with built-in linearly polarized patch antenna is used as the source of the lens. The profile of the lens is based on elliptical shape. It is first optimized with Geometrical Optics and Physical Optics methods. Then, full-wave simulations are conducted to fine tune the overall antenna-system. Using a lens height of 10 mm, the antenna has a simulated realized gain higher than 15 dBi from 120 GHz to 130GHz. The lens and the patch antenna have just been manufactured and measurements will be presented in the final paper.

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Performance Evaluation of a 120 GHz 3D-Printed Plastic Elliptical Lens Antenna-System

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