FOCUSING DEVICE USED WHEN TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING SUPERHIGH-FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: designing directional antennas. SUBSTANCE: device has insulating members assembled into spherical structure wherein dielectric constant distribution corresponds to that in Luneberg lens. Internal member of structure is a ball with holes receiving radially oriented external pins forming external structure. Versions implemented in practice have all their structural members made of same insulating material such as polystyrene; all members of external part of structure are radially oriented identical cigar-shaped pins. EFFECT: simplified design, facilitated manufacture and mass production, reduced cost, repeatability of characteristics. 3 cl, 2 dwg