On the reflection characteristics of a reflectarray element with low-loss and high-loss substrates

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 73-89

  Rajagopalan, Harish ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antennas; dielectric loss; microstrip; microstrip antennas; reflectarrays; reflection phase; slab; substrate; waveguides

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS PHASE; DIELECTRIC LOSS TANGENT; LOSS MECHANISMS; LOW LOSS; LOW-LOSS SUBSTRATES; MICROSTRIP PATCH; MICROSTRIPES; MODEL REPRESENTATION; PATCH ANTENNA; PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; POLE-ZERO ANALYSIS; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIATION MODE; REFLECTARRAY ELEMENTS; REFLECTARRAYS; REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS; REFLECTION PHASE; SIMPLE CIRCUITS; SLAB; SUBSTRATE THICKNESS; WAVEGUIDE MEASUREMENTS;

DIELECTRIC DEVICES; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 78649513094     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2010.5638237     Document Type: Conference Paper

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