An electronically tunable reflectarray element is proposed in this work to design beam-steering antennas useful for radar applications. A reduced size reflectarray unit cell is properly synthesized in order to extend the antenna beam scanning capabilities within a wider angular region. The radiating structure is accurately optimized to provide a full phase tuning range by adopting a single varactor load as phase shifter element. A 0.46-reflectarray cell is designed at the frequency of 11.5GHz, obtaining a phase agility of about 330∘. The cell is successfully adopted for the design of a 21 × 21 reconfigurable reflectarray. The antenna is numerically tested for different configurations of the varactors capacitance values, and good beam-steering performances are demonstrated within a wide angular range.
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Titolo: | Tunable Reflectarray Cell for Wide Angle Beam-Steering Radar Applications |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2013 |
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Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11770/135504 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 1.1 Articolo in rivista |