Investigation on a single-layer microstrip circular-patch/ring-combination reflectarray element

Author

Danchen, Zhou ; Zhenyi, Niu ; Ruilin, Li

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electron. & Inf. Eng., Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2011

Firstpage

664

Lastpage

667

Abstract

In this paper, a concentric circular-patch/ring-combination reflectarray element is proposed. To obtain a phase curve with a low slope in an adequate phase range, its size is optimized by parametric simulation in HFSS. Then, the electromagnetic behavior of proposed element is compared with that of a circular patch element and a concentric circular-patch/ring/ring-combination element. Utilizing the proposed element, a 13×13 elements reflectarray radiating at a direction of 30° is designed at the frequency of 10 GHz. Simulated results show that the peak gain of the reflectarray is 22.7dB and its half-power beamwidth in E-plane is 9.8°.

Keywords

frequency selective surfaces; microstrip antenna arrays; reflector antennas; E-plane; HFSS parametric simulation; concentric circular-patch antenna array; electromagnetic behavior; frequency 10 GHz; gain 22.7 dB; ring-combination reflectarray element; single-layer microstrip circular-patch reflectarray element; Antenna theory; Bandwidth; Microstrip; bandwidth; phase range; phase shift; reflectarray; single-layer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cross Strait Quad-Regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSQRWC), 2011

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9792-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSQRWC.2011.6037039

Filename

6037039