Integrated Lens Antenna Shaping ILASH

Project: Integrated Lens Antenna Shaping

Acronym: ILASH

Main Objective:
ILASH project aimed at developing and delivering to ESA-ESTEC a validated software tool for the design, analysis and optimization of high permittivity circular symmetric integrated lens antennas (ILA) with optimized coupling to incoming broadband on-axis beam, or to narrowband off-axis beams in scanning applications – the ILASH tool.

The tool is especially tailored for the design and optimization of mm-wave or sub-mm-wave shaped double-shell lenses that enable the radiation pattern compliance with two simultaneous conditions selected from a predefined list.

The experimental validation of the tool is based on scaled lens prototypes operating between 40 GHz and 65 GHz.

Reference: ESA-17514

Funding: ESA-ESTEC

Start Date: 01-09-2003

End Date: 01-09-2007

Team: Carlos Antonio Cardoso Fernandes, Jorge Manuel Lopes Leal Rodrigues da Costa, Mário Goncalo Mestre Verissimo Silveirinha, Custódio José Oliveira Peixeiro, Carlos Eduardo do Rego da Costa Salema, Eduardo Jorge da Costa Brás Lima

Groups: Antennas and Propagation – Lx

Partners:

Local Coordinator: Carlos Antonio Cardoso Fernandes

Links: http://www.it.pt/AutomaticPage?id=3453

United Nations Strategic Development Goal - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure

Associated Publications

3Papers in Journals
C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Broadband Integrated Lens for Illuminating Reflector Antenna with Constant Aperture Efficiency, IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 52, No. 12, pp. 3805 - 3813, December, 2010,
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J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, Evaluation of a double-shell integrated scanning lens antenna, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 7, No., pp. 781 - 784, October, 2008,
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J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Broadband Slot Feed for Integrated Lens Antennas, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 6, No., pp. 396 - 400, September, 2007,
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13Papers in Conferences
J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, Optimized Design of a Double-Shell Integrated Lens Antenna, ESA Worshop on Millimetre Wave Technology and Application, Espoo, Finland, May, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Double-shell Modified Extended Hemispherical Lens Feed for Reflectors in Scanning, European Conference on Antennas and Propagation - EuCap, Rome, Italy, Vol. -, pp. 3850 - 3854, April, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Tapered Waveguide Feed for Integrated Dielectric Lens Antenna Performance Evaluation, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Tapered Waveguide Feed for Integrated Dielectric Lens Antenna Performance Evaluation, Conf. on Telecommunications - ConfTele, Lisbon, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2011,
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C. A. Fernandes, E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, Broadband Integrated Dielectric Lens Antenna with Frequency, International Conf. on Appl. Electromagnetics and Communications - ICECOM, Dubovnik, Croatia, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2010,
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J.R. Costa, E.B. Lima, C. A. Fernandes, Antenna Phase Center Determination from Amplitude Measurements using a Focusing Lens, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Toronto, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 1 - 4, July, 2010,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Broadband Reflector Fed by Integrated Lens Antenna with Frequency Constant Directivity, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Toronto, Canada, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2010,
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C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, Permittivity Measurement and Anisotropy Evaluation of Dielectric Materials at Millimeter-waves, IMEKO World Congress, Lisboa, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, September, 2009,
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C. A. Fernandes, J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, E.B. Lima, ILASH - Integrated Dielectric Lenses for mm- and sub-mm Wave Imaging, Encontro Nacional de Astronomia e Astrofísica - ENAA, Aveiro, Portugal, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2009,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, C. A. Fernandes, Design of Double Material Integrated Scanning Lens Antennas, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Charleston, United States, June, 2009,
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E.B. Lima, J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, ILASH - Software Tool for the Design of Integrated Lens Antennas, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., San Diego, United States, Vol. -, pp. - - -, July, 2008,
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J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, Double-Shell Axial-Symmetric Imaging Lens Antenna for Space Applications, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Washington, United States, Vol. 1B, pp. 438 - 441, July, 2005,
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J.R. Costa, M. G. Silveirinha, C. A. Fernandes, ILASH – Software Tool for the Development of Shaped Double-Shell Axial-Symmetric Dielectric Lens Antennas, IEEE AP-S/URSI International Symp., Washington, United States, Vol. URSI, pp. 1 - 1, July, 2005,
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Project: Integrated Lens Antenna Shaping