Investigations into phase characteristics of a single-layer reflectarray employing patch or ring elements of variable size

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3366-3372

  Bialkowski, Marek E ^a   Sayidmarie, Khalil H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b AL AHLIYYA AMMAN UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOSUL   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Microstrip antennas; Multilayer; Printed antennas; Reflectarray; Resonant elements

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ERRORS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; TRAVELING WAVE ANTENNAS;

DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATES; DIRECTIVITY; DOUBLE RINGS; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; LOW PERMITTIVITIES; MANUFACTURING ERRORS; MICROSTRIP REFLECTARRAY; MULTIPLE RINGS; MULTIRESONANCE; MULTIRING; OPERATIONAL BANDWIDTHS; PHASE CHARACTERISTICS; PHASE ERRORS; PHASE SLOPES; PRINTED ANTENNAS; REFLECT ARRAYS; REFLECTARRAY; REFLECTARRAY ELEMENTS; REFLECTED WAVES; RESONANT ELEMENTS; RING ELEMENTS; SINGLE LAYERS; SINGLE RESONANCES; STACKED PATCHES; THICK SUBSTRATES; UNIT CELLS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 57149147976     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2005470     Document Type: Article

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