Method for fabricating luneburg lenses
AssigneeEMS Technologies Canada, Ltd.
InventorPeter C. Strickland
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Abstract
A dielectric lens including a plurality of wedges being formed from a dielectric material, each of the plurality of wedges being substantially identical and orange-slice shaped and including two planar surfaces separated by an angular width, and each of the plurality of wedges having a plurality of gaps for altering an effective permittivity of the dielectric lens, wherein the plurality of wedges form the dielectric lens by connecting the plurality of wedges along the planar surfaces such that each of the planar surfaces intersect along a common line.
Claims12
A method of fabricating a dielectric lens including the steps of:
- a) forming a plurality of wedges from a dielectric material, each of said plurality of wedges being substantially identical and orange-slice shaped, each of said plurality of wedges having two planar surfaces separated by an angular width, and each of said plurality of wedges having a plurality of gaps for altering an effective permittivity of said dielectric lens;
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- b) assembling a hemispherical lens by connecting said plurality of wedges along said planar surfaces such that each of said planar surfaces intersect along a common line.
A dielectric lens including a plurality of wedges being formed from a dielectric material, each of said plurality of wedges being substantially identical and orange-slice shaped and including two planar surfaces separated by an angular width, and each of said plurality of wedges having a plurality of gaps for altering an effective permittivity of said dielectric lens, wherein said plurality of wedges form said dielectric lens by connecting said plurality of wedges along said planar surfaces such that each of said planar surfaces intersect along a common line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.