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Low cost beam switchable reflectarray antenna

Liu, Haitao and Gao, Steven and Loh, Tian Hong (2012) Low cost beam switchable reflectarray antenna. In: 2012 International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA). IEEE, pp. 8-11. ISBN 978-1-4577-1923-3. E-ISBN 978-1-4577-1924-0. (doi:10.1109/WSA.2012.6181242) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:35880)

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Abstract

This paper presents a methodology for designing low cost beam switchable reflectarray antenna. An electronically beam steering antenna, which has a small section, is used to feed a printed reflectarray. Different functional regions were allocated on the printed reflectarray. By controlling the beam from the feed and illuminating each functional region separately, the beam from the reflectarray can be steered. To reduce the size of the feeding antenna, an folded dipole electronically steerable parasitic array radiator (ESPAR) antenna is designed. Compared with standard half-wavelength dipole antenna, the height of the folded dipole ESPAR antenna has been reduced by 50%. The beam from the folded dipole ESPAR antenna can be steered from - 50° to + 50°electronically. To validate this method, a prototype that can switch between three different beams has been constructed

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/WSA.2012.6181242
Uncontrolled keywords: reflector antennas; dipole antennas; antenna feeds; switches
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: Tina Thompson
Date Deposited: 31 Oct 2013 12:34 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:12 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/35880 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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