• DocumentCode
    1234127
  • Title

    Broadband design of three-layer printed reflectarrays

  • Author

    Encinar, Jose A. ; Zornoza, J. Agustín

  • Author_Institution
    Electromagnetism & Circuit Theor. Dept., Polytech. Univ. of Madrid, Spain
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    7
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    7/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1662
  • Lastpage
    1664
  • Abstract
    A method is proposed to design three-layer printed reflectarrays with patches of variable size for broadband operation. The patch dimensions are adjusted by an optimization routine to achieve the required phase distribution in a given frequency band. A 1-meter reflectarray was designed, and significant bandwidth and gain stability improvements were obtained.
  • Keywords
    antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; microstrip antenna arrays; optimisation; reflector antennas; bandwidth; broadband design; frequency band; gain stability; grounded substrate; microstrip reflectarray; optimization routine; patch dimensions; phase distribution; planar antenna array; radiation patterns; three-layer printed reflectarrays; variable size patches; Bandwidth; Delay lines; Feeds; Frequency; Microstrip antenna arrays; Nonhomogeneous media; Optical reflection; Planar arrays; Propagation delay; Stability;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-926X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.2003.813611
  • Filename
    1210823