Dual-polarization dual-coverage reflectarray for space applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2827-2837

  Encinar, Jose A ^a   Datashvili, Leri Sh ^b   Zornoza, J Agustín ^c   Arrebola, Manuel ^a   Sierra Castañer, Manuel ^a   Besada Sanmartín, Jose Luis ^a   Baier, Horst ^b   Legay, Hervé ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d THALES ALENIA SPACE   (France)

Author keywords

Contoured beam; Dual gridded reflector; Dual polarization; Multilayer; Printed arrays; Reflectarray

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); LIGHTING; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; REFLECTION;

DUAL GRIDDED REFLECTOR; DUAL POLARIZATION; PENCIL BEAM; PRINTED REFLECTARRAY; RECTANGULAR PATCH ARRAYS;

ANTENNA PHASED ARRAYS;

EID: 33750097069     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882172     Document Type: Article

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