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Mao, Yilin.

Broadband approaches and beam-scanning techniques for reflectarray antenna.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Broadband approaches and beam-scanning techniques for reflectarray antenna.
Author:	Mao, Yilin.
Description:	249 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-02(E), Section: B.
Notes:	Adviser: Ramanarayanan Viswanathan.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International76-02B(E).
Subject:	Electromagnetics.
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3639438
ISBN:	9781321238372

Broadband approaches and beam-scanning techniques for reflectarray antenna.
Mao, Yilin.

Broadband approaches and beam-scanning techniques for reflectarray antenna. - 249 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-02(E), Section: B.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Mississippi, 2014.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Reflectarray antennas combine the numerous advantages of reflector antennas and phased array antennas and create a hybrid high-gain antenna with a low-profile, low-mass, easy-fabrication, and diversified radiation performance. However, it still has some inherent drawbacks, such as limited bandwidth and scanning range, which are targeted in this dissertation.

ISBN: 9781321238372Subjects--Topical Terms:

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Electromagnetics.

Broadband approaches and beam-scanning techniques for reflectarray antenna.
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500 $a Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 76-02(E), Section: B.
500 $a Adviser: Ramanarayanan Viswanathan.
502 $a Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Mississippi, 2014.
506 $a This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
506 $a This item must not be added to any third party search indexes.
520 $a Reflectarray antennas combine the numerous advantages of reflector antennas and phased array antennas and create a hybrid high-gain antenna with a low-profile, low-mass, easy-fabrication, and diversified radiation performance. However, it still has some inherent drawbacks, such as limited bandwidth and scanning range, which are targeted in this dissertation.
520 $a At first, the array theory approach for radiation analysis of reflectarray antennas is described and implemented. Numerical results are then presented and compared with reference results to confirm its reliability.
520 $a As the most critical influential factor to the reflectarray bandwidth, the element bandwidth was studied at first, and the effects of element shape and substrate thickness were investigated.
520 $a Then, a comprehensive study was performed to investigate the bandwidth performance of reflectarrays on the system level. The effect of aperture size, element bandwidth and phase synthesis method was discussed in sequence. Particularly, a novel phase synthesis approach was proposed, which enables reflectarray to achieve a significant bandwidth improvement even with elements of narrow bandwidth. Prototypes are fabricated and tested to validate the idea.
520 $a Since the reflectarray antenna is a hybrid product of reflector and phased array antennas, its main beam could be steered by either rotating its feed or reconfiguring its element phases. The former way was explored at first. An improved phase design was proposed for reflectarrays mimicing parabolic-cylindrical reflectors to expand its scanning range.
520 $a The published achievements of reconfigurable reflectarrays design are reviewed and it is found that currently efficiency is a big problem. A 1-bit 10x10 reconfigurable reflectarray using PIN diode was designed, fabricated and measured to explore the energy loss, and experimental results showed that 14% efficiency could be reached.
520 $a In summary, some improved designs regarding bandwidth and scanning performance for reflectarrays are proposed in this dissertation. Various factors affecting reflectarray bandwidth are investigated, which shall provide some guidelines regarding bandwidth improvement. On the other hand, two designs are presented to explore the beam scanning characteristic of reflectarray antenna, by mechanical and electrical ways respectively. Several prototypes have been fabricated and measured, demonstrating the novel features and potential applications of reflectarray antennas.
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