Design of a 32 Element Rotman Lens at 220 GHz with 20 GHz Bandwidth

Applications in radar systems and communications systems require very often antennas with beam steering or multi beam capabilities. For the millimeter frequency range Rotman lenses can be useful as multiple beam forming networks for linear antennas providing the advantage of broadband performance. The design and development of Rotman lens at 220 GHz feeding an antenna array for beam steering applications is presented. The construction is completely realized in waveguide technology. Experimental results are compared with theoretical considerations and electromagnetic simulations.