Title : 
A Compound Printed Air-Fed Array Antenna
         
        
            Author : 
Zhang, Wen-Xun ; Fu, Dao-Lin ; Wang, An-Na
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Southeast Univ., Nanjing
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
After a brief review on reflectarray, transmitarray, and Fabry-Perot resonator antennas summarized as a family of printed air-fed array antennas, a novel compound structure is proposed. Its design flowchart is expressed step by step. Some designed samples are described with optimized performance of directivity or frequency bandwidth.
         
        
            Keywords : 
microstrip antenna arrays; Fabry-Perot resonator antennas; compound printed air-fed array antenna; frequency bandwidth; reflectarray; transmitarray; Antenna arrays; Antenna feeds; Aperture antennas; Bandwidth; Fabry-Perot; Frequency selective surfaces; Optical resonators; Phased arrays; Reflector antennas; Transmitting antennas;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications, 2007. ICEAA 2007. International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Torino
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0767-5
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-0767-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICEAA.2007.4387491