A Ka-Band Cylindrical Paneled Reflectarray Antenna

Reflectarray for K/ka-band Terminal Antenna

Different satellite systems have been defined to provide broadband communications and internet access in remote geographical areas in Ka band (20-30 GHz) [1-2], being the up-link at 30 GHz and the down-link at 20 GHz. Costeffective antennas are required for fixed and portable terminals in Ka-band. Conventional reflectors are a preferred option to maintain reduced costs. However, the different r...

Ka Band Transmit Antenna Array

Active antenna arrays working at higher frequencies result in higher packaging densities. The antenna array under consideration operates at about 30 GHz and will be installed in an aircraft. Commercially available power amplifiers at these frequencies have an efficiency of typically 20 %, which results in high amounts of dissipated heat for the required high radiated power. The dissipated power...

Optically reconfigurable unit cell for Ka-band reflectarray antennas

Embedded Dual band Cylindrical Dielectric Resonator Antenna

A compact dual-band antenna made of high dielectric constant substrate is studied. Embedding a higher dielectric cylindrical inside the substrate host cylindrical enhances the dual-band behaviour. The first part displays the characteristics of single CRDA as return loss, bandwidth and radiation pattern, then, the second part describes the aim of using an antenna, composed by the arrangement of ...

A Varactor Loaded Reflectarray Antenna

A new approach for beam steering in reflectarray applications is introduced in this paper. The progressive phase distribution is achieved by loading each microstrip patch element with a varactor diode on the radiating edges. The scattering characteristics of a single varactor loaded patch will be first presented. Then, as a test of the beam steering capability, a five elements linear reflectarr...