A double-layer microstrip reflectarray design to obtain Australia and New Zealand footprint

Author

Zornoza, A. ; Encinar, J.A. ; Bialkowski, M.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromagnetism & Circuit Theor., Polytech. Univ. of Madrid, Spain

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

310

Abstract

A microstrip reflectarray, combining features of conventional reflector antennas and phased array technologies into one, is considered as an attractive replacement for either pencil or contoured beam reflector antennas in terrestrial and satellite communication applications. In this paper, we design Ku-band (12.25 GHz-12.75 GHz) dual linear polarized microstrip patch reflectarrays for Optus B1 geostationary satellites to generate a contoured beam for Australia and New Zealand.

Keywords

antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; 12.25 to 12.75 GHz; Australia footprint; Ku-band dual linear polarized reflectarray; New Zealand footprint; contoured beam generation; double-layer microstrip reflectarray; geostationary satellites; phased array technologies; reflector antennas; satellite communication; Australia; Continents; Feeds; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbus, OH, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7846-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2003.1219850

Filename

1219850