Miguel Ángel Balmaseda Márquez

Mr. Miguel Ángel Balmaseda Márquez

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Academic Career Length

5Years (2022-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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23 January 2022 in Electronics
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SRSALVADOR MORENO RODRIGUEZ
SALVADOR MORENO RODRIGUEZ
MMMiguel Ángel Balmaseda Márquez
Miguel Ángel Balmaseda Márquez
Javier Carmona-MurilloJavier Carmona-Murillo
Javier Carmona-Murillo
Ángel Palomares-CaballeroÁngel Palomares-Caballero
Ángel Palomares-Caballero
A 3-D printed Fresnel-lens antenna formed by dielectric unit cells insensitive to polarization is presented in this article. The proposed unit cell can be implemented in any azimuth orientation, simplifying the design and the implementation of the Fresnel subzones, which is an advantage over the previous 3-D-printed Fresnel-lens designs. The unit cell exhibits a T-shaped geometry capable of providing no change in relative permittivity under TE polarizations orthogonal to each other. The novel design of the unit cell also provides robustness under oblique incidence and frequency. These features allow the radial arrangement of the unit cells to configure the subzones of the Fresnel lens, ensuring the desired relative permittivity. Additionally, the geometry of the printed unit cells enables self-supported subzones with the minimum number of unit cells per subzone. A 3-D-printed prototype of the proposed Fresnel lens was manufactured by stereolithography (SLA). The measurement results showed a good agreement with the simulated ones. The measured gain was 26.5 ± 0.5 dBi from 55 GHz to 65 GHz with a mean antenna efficiency of 79%.