The invention relates to a guide element for an antenna for a fill level meter, wherein the guide element is composed of a dielectric material and is used for forming, guiding and emitting electromagnetic radiation. The guide element has a permittivity course that changes over the spatial expansion of the guide element for specifically forming the electromagnetic radiation, the course being implemented by a spatial distribution of the material density of the dielectric material, wherein the material density is defined as one portion of dielectric material per elementary cell of a given size. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a guide element.

The invention relates to a guide element for an antenna for a fill level meter, wherein the guide element is composed of a dielectric material and is used for forming, guiding and emitting electromagnetic radiation. The guide element has a permittivity course that changes over the spatial expansion of the guide element for specifically forming the electromagnetic radiation, the course being implemented by a spatial distribution of the material density of the dielectric material, wherein the material density is defined as one portion of dielectric material per elementary cell of a given size. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing a guide element.

A radar measuring device for level and/or limit level monitoring is provided, including a radar signal source configured to generate and/or transmit a radar signal, an antenna arrangement configured to direct the radar signal, a plano-convex lens with a plane side configured to face a medium and to focus the radar signal, the radar measuring device being configured such that the plane side rests at least partially on a container surface and such that a contact surface is formed between the plano-convex lens and the container.

Lensed antennas are provided that include a plurality of radiating elements and a lens positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from at least one of the radiating elements, the lens comprising a composite dielectric material. The composite dielectric material comprises expandable gas-filled microspheres that are mixed with an inert binder, dielectric support materials such as foamed microspheres and particles of conductive material that are mixed together.

Lensed antennas are provided that include a plurality of radiating elements and a lens positioned to receive electromagnetic radiation from at least one of the radiating elements, the lens comprising a composite dielectric material. The composite dielectric material comprises expandable gas-filled microspheres that are mixed with an inert binder, dielectric support materials such as foamed microspheres and particles of conductive material that are mixed together.

An electronic device according to a certain embodiments comprises: a housing including a front plate, a rear plate, and a side member surrounding a space between the front plate and the rear plate; an antenna module disposed in the space, and configured to transmit and receive first signals belonging to a first frequency band using at least one antenna element; a nonconductive member disposed to face at least one surface of the antenna module; and a conductive pattern being closer to the rear plate than to the at front plate and disposed between the nonconductive member and the rear plate, wherein the conductive pattern is configured to: change a radiation direction of at least a portion of the first signal and transmit and receive a second signal belonging to a second frequency band.

A millimeter-wave optical imaging system including an imaging detector located at a focal plane of the optical imaging system, the imaging detector being responsive to electromagnetic radiation in wavelength range of approximately 5-50 millimeters, an immersion lens directly coupled to the imaging detector and configured to focus the electromagnetic radiation onto the imaging detector, wherein the focal plane is located on a planar surface of the immersion lens and the imaging detector is directly coupled to the planar surface, a positive power primary mirror configured to reflect the electromagnetic radiation towards the immersion lens, and one of a Fresnel lens or a diffraction grating configured to receive and direct the electromagnetic radiation towards the primary mirror.

A radio frequency antenna array uses lenses and RF elements, to provide ground-based coverage for cellular communication. The antenna array can include two spherical lenses, where each spherical lens has at least two associated RF elements. Each of the RF elements associated with a given lens produces an output beam with an output area. Each lens is positioned with the other lenses in a staggered arrangement. The antenna includes a control mechanism configured to enable a user to move the RF elements along their respective tracks, and automatically phase compensate the output beams produced by the RF elements based on the relative distance between the RF elements.

An antenna system and a processing method are provided. The antenna system includes a focus device and a multi-band feeding antenna array that is disposed in a focus area of the focus device, where the multi-band feeding antenna array includes antenna arrays on at least two frequency bands, the antenna arrays on the at least two frequency bands include at least an antenna array on a first target frequency band, the antenna array on the first target frequency band includes multiple feeding units that are arranged in a form of a non-one-dimensional linear array; the multi-band feeding antenna array is configured to radiate a first beam, where the first beam points to the focus device, and sub-beams separately generated by the antenna arrays on the at least two frequency bands constitute the first beam.

A lens integrated beamsteering antenna array with improved scan coverage is disclosed. The lens integrated beamsteering antenna array comprises a dielectric lens having a front surface and a back surface and an antenna array embedded within the dielectric lens proximate to the back surface of the dielectric lens. The antenna array is directed towards the front surface of the dielectric lens and is configured to transmit and receive through the dielectric lens and the front surface.