A transmit-receive reflectarray antenna for direct broadcast satellite applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3255-3264

  Encinar, Jose A ^a   Arrebola, Manuel ^b   De La Fuente, Luis F ^c   Toso, Giovanni ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (France)

Author keywords

DBS antennas; reflectarray; satellite antennas; transmit receive antennas

Indexed keywords

DBS ANTENNAS; DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES; KU BAND; PATCH DIMENSIONS; PATTERN SYNTHESIS; PHASE DISTRIBUTION; REFLECTARRAY ANTENNAS; REFLECTARRAYS; SOUTH AMERICA; STACKED LAYER; TRANSMIT-RECEIVE ANTENNAS;

RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SATELLITES;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 80052622608     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2161449     Document Type: Article

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