Design of two-layer printed reflectarrays using patches of variable size

By José A. Encinar. 2001

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Subfields: Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering

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Designing a 161-element Ku-band microstrip reflectarray of variable size patches using an equivalent unit cell waveguide approach (2003, methodology): “width, a multilayer structure involving stacked patches can be used [ 10 ] in designing a microstrip reflectarray.”
Broadband Design of a Single Layer Large Reflectarray Using Multi Cross Loop Elements (2009, methodology): “Several methods such as stack patches of variable length [3] and multi loop reflectarrays [4], [5] were introduced to address the first factor while the second factor is more significant for large reflectarrays.”
Reconfigurable Reflectarrays and Array Lenses for Dynamic Antenna Beam Control: A Review (2013, background): “While a complete list would be too long to present here, approaches to achieve wideband element designs tend to focus on either coupling multiple resonances together [11]–[13] or coupling antenna elements to true time delay (TTD) lines [14].”
Reflectarray Antennas for Dual Polarization and Broadband Telecom Satellite Applications (2015, background): “Different broadband reflectarray elements have been proposed, including stacked patches of variable size [12], [13], aperture coupled elements [5], modified Malta crosses [8], and multiresonant elements on a single substrate layer [9]–[11].”
Beam Switching Reflectarray Monolithically Integrated With RF MEMS Switches (2012, background): “2173099 cross dipoles [4], and patch antennas with variable size [5].”
Design of Broadband, Single Layer Dual-Band Large Reflectarray Using Multi Open Loop Elements (2010, methodology): “Several methods such as stacked patches of variable length [4], multi-resonant dipoles [5], artificial impedance surfaces [6]”
The Phoenix Cell: A New Reflectarray Cell With Large Bandwidth and Rebirth Capabilities (2011, background): “Several studies have been carried out to overcome the bandwidth limitation [6], [7].”
Reflectarray Element Based on Aperture-Coupled Patches With Slots and Lines of Variable Length (2007, methodology): “891863 example by using two stacked layers with patches of varying size [3].”
A Double-Layer Transmitarray Antenna Using Malta Crosses With Vias (2016, methodology): “The phase shift of each element is then calculated using the ray tracing method [18] to compensate for the spatial path delay associated with the feed and collimate the beam in the boresight direction.”
Investigations Into Phase Characteristics of a Single-Layer Reflectarray Employing Patch or Ring Elements of Variable Size (2008, methodology): “In contrast to the multilayer approach [6], [8], these elements are postulated to be arranged in the same plane, similarly as double circular rings in [10] or double cross loops in [11].”
Bandwidth Improvement in Large Reflectarrays by Using True-Time Delay (2008, background): “Different types of reflectarray elements have been proposed to improve the element bandwidth in printed reflectarrays, including stacked rectangular [3], [4] and ring [5] patches, double crossed loops [6], and patches with other shapes [7].”
Three-layer printed reflectarrays for contoured beam space applications (2004, methodology): “The methods for design and analysis were validated in [6] by manufacture and test of a two-layer reflectarray for a pencil beam.”
Broadband design of three-layer printed reflectarrays (2003, methodology): “The method of analysis is general for any number of stacked arrays [5] and it has been successfully verified by the measurements of a two-layer reflectarray presented in [3].”