Title :
B2. Broadband millimeter-wave rectangular reflectarray antenna utilizing novel polarization insensitive multi-resonant unit cells
Author :
Ali, Mohamed Mamdouh M. ; Haraz, Osama M. ; Alshebeili, Saleh ; Sebak, Abdel-Razik
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept., Assiut Univ., Assiut, Egypt
Abstract :
A new broadband millimeter-wave reflectarray antenna structure utilizing novel polarization insensitive multi resonant unit cells is proposed. The design frequency of the RA is set at 30 GHz, and it consists of 20×20 polarization independent insensitive resonant unit cells (UCs), which are illuminated by pyramidal horn antenna. The unit cell of this array contains two concentric rings combined with a cross loop and cross strips inside for bandwidth enhancement. For maximum aperture efficiency and realized gain, a pyramidal horn antenna placed at F to obtain F/D=0.4. The simulation results show that the obtained maximum gain is 23.8 dB with a slight variation over the operating frequency range and a good cross-polarization level.
Keywords :
aperture antennas; broadband antennas; electromagnetic wave polarisation; horn antennas; millimetre wave antenna arrays; reflectarray antennas; RA; aperture efficiency; bandwidth enhancement; broadband millimeter wave rectangular reflectarray antenna; cross-polarization level; frequency 30 GHz; polarization independent insensitive resonant unit cell; pyramidal horn antenna; broadband; cross-polarization; efficiency; millimeter-waves; multi-resonant; polarization insensitive; pyramidal horn antenna; reflectarray antenna; unit cell;
Conference_Titel :
Radio Science Conference (NRSC), 2015 32nd National
Conference_Location :
6th of October City
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-9945-3
DOI :
10.1109/NRSC.2015.7117809