• DocumentCode
    2938144
  • Title

    Observations on the performance of reflectarrays with reduced inter-element spacings

  • Author

    Almajali, E. ; McNamara, D.A. ; Shaker, J. ; Chaharmir, M.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    3-8 July 2011
  • Firstpage
    369
  • Lastpage
    372
  • Abstract
    Several authors have described the use of reduced inter-element spacing as a means of improving the performance of reflectarray antennas. This paper discusses some additional aspects that complement their conclusions, and emphasizes some of the reasons for these improvements.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; reflector antennas; reduced interelement spacing; reflectarray antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Electric fields; Quantization; Reflection; Reflector antennas; focal point shift; pattern stability; phase quantization; reduced inter-element spacing; reflectarray antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Spokane, WA
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-9562-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2011.5996720
  • Filename
    5996720