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Fully Metallic Reflectarray for the Ku-band Based on a 3D Architecture

Version 1 : Received: 29 September 2021 / Approved: 1 October 2021 / Online: 1 October 2021 (14:33:02 CEST)

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Velasco, J.; Parellada-Serrano, I.; Molero, C. Fully Metallic Reflectarray for the Ku-Band Based on a 3D Architecture. Electronics 2021, 10, 2648. Velasco, J.; Parellada-Serrano, I.; Molero, C. Fully Metallic Reflectarray for the Ku-Band Based on a 3D Architecture. Electronics 2021, 10, 2648.

Abstract

This document presents the design and manufacture of a reflectarray (RA) antenna for the Ku-band, based on a fully-metallic 3D architecture. The reflectarray unit cell is formed by a square-shaped waveguide section ended in a short circuit, that is the reflectarray back ground plane. Each cell has the ability of configuring the phase of its own reflected field by means of resonators perforated on the walls of the cell waveguide section. The resonator-based waveguide cell introduces the 3D character to the design. The geometry of the resonators and its size variation introduces the phase behaviour of each cell, conforming the radiation pattern of the reflectarray. This design explores the potential of phase value truncation (6 states and 2 states), and demonstrates that proper pattern results can be obtained with this phase truncation.

Keywords

Reflectarray, 3D architecture, resonator-based waveguide cells, Satellite communications, Ku band

Subject

Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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