Analysis, design and prototyping of reflectarray antennas for space applications

Author

Encinar, J.A. ; Tienda, C. ; Barba, M. ; Carrasco, E. ; Arrebola, Manuel

Author_Institution

Univ. Politec. de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

fYear

2013

fDate

11-12 Nov. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This work presents the recent developments of reflectarray antennas for space applications carried out by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, which includes analysis and design techniques for single and dual reflector configurations, design procedures for contoured beams and bandwidth improvement and some practical realizations. Several reflectarray demonstrators are described for Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS), multi-beam antennas and reconfigurable-beam reflectarrays.

Keywords

direct broadcasting by satellite; reflectarray antennas; space communication links; Universidad Politecnica de Madrid; contoured beams; design procedures; design techniques; direct broadcast satellite; dual reflector configurations; multibeam antennas; reconfigurable-beam reflectarrays; reflectarray antennas analysis; reflectarray antennas design; reflectarray antennas prototyping; reflectarray demonstrators; space applications; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Reflector antennas; Satellite broadcasting; Switches; DBS; Reflectarray; dual-reflectarray; multi-beam antennas; reconfigurable reflectarrays; space antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Conference (LAPC), 2013 Loughborough

Conference_Location

Loughborough

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LAPC.2013.6711840

Filename

6711840