Title : 
Recent developments on reflectarray antennas at Thales Alenia Space
         
        
            Author : 
Legay, Hervé ; Bresciani, Daniele ; Girard, Etienne ; Chiniard, Renaud ; Labiole, Eric ; Vendier, Olivier ; Caille, Gérard
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Thales Alenia Space, Toulouse
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The objective of this paper is to present developments in progress on reflectarray antennas, ranging from the reflectarray antenna as an alternative for shaped reflector, the reconfigurable reflectarray antenna with MEMS controlled elements, and the mechanically selectable reflectarray antenna.
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna arrays; micromechanical devices; reflector antennas; MEMS controlled element; Thales Alenia Space; reconfigurable reflectarray antenna; Reflector antennas;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Antennas and Propagation, 2009. EuCAP 2009. 3rd European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Berlin
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-4753-4
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-3-00-024573-2