US PATENT SUBCLASS 342 / 11
.~ With spherical lens (e.g., Luneberg lens)


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342 /   HD   COMMUNICATIONS: DIRECTIVE RADIO WAVE SYSTEMS AND DEVICES (E.G., RADAR, RADIO NAVIGATION)

5  DF  RADAR REFLECTOR {5}
11.~ With spherical lens (e.g., Luneberg lens)


DEFINITION

Classification: 342/11

With spherical lens(e.g., Luneberg lens):

(under subclass 5) Subject matter wherein the reflector includes a spherically shaped structure transparent to radio waves having a relative dielectric constant different from unity.

(1) Note. A Luneberg lens is a lens with a circular cross section having an index of refraction varying only in the radial direction such that a feed located on or near a surface or edge of the leans produce a major lobe diametrically opposite the feed.

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343, Communications: Radio Wave Antennas,

911, for an antenna with a Luneberg lens.