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
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