DocumentCode
1969165
Title
Reflectarray antennas for space applications
Author
Elsherbeni, Atef Z. ; Nayeri, Payam ; Yang, Fan
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, USA
fYear
2012
fDate
17-20 Sept. 2012
Firstpage
362
Lastpage
365
Abstract
In this paper, the advantages and recent developments of reflectarray antennas for space applications are reviewed. Basic requirements for space antennas, and the limitations and challenges of conventional designs are discussed. Various advantages of reflectarray antennas over reflectors and phased array antennas are reviewed and it is shown that reflectarray antennas can be a suitable low-cost choice for the new generation of space antennas.
Keywords
antenna phased arrays; reflectarray antennas; space vehicles; conventional designs; phased array antennas; reflectarray antennas; reflectors; space antennas; space applications; Aperture antennas; Arrays; Microstrip antenna arrays; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; beam-scanning; multi-beam; reflectarray; shaped-beam; space antennas;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Syracuse, NY
ISSN
2162-6588
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-2031-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICUWB.2012.6340389
Filename
6340389
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