• DocumentCode
    246781
  • Title

    A two-layer transmitarray antenna

  • Author

    Wenxing An ; Shenheng Xu ; Fan Yang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-11 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    864
  • Lastpage
    865
  • Abstract
    In this paper, a novel transmitarray is proposed for high-gain antennas at Ka-band. The element with two-layer structure is designed for simplicity compared with previous work. To improve the element´s transmission performance, vias are added to connect two metallic layers through a single dielectric substrate. For the purpose of validation, the new transmitarray is modeled and simulated using a MoM-based full-wave commercial software. The numerical results demonstrate a satisfactory performance for a low-cost high-gain transmitarray antenna design operating at 20 GHz.
  • Keywords
    antenna arrays; transmitting antennas; MoM-based full-wave commercial software; frequency 20 GHz; high-gain antennas; low-cost high-gain transmitarray antenna design; metallic layers; single dielectric substrate; transmission performance; two-layer structure; Antenna radiation patterns; Computational modeling; Reflector antennas; Substrates; Transmitting antennas;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Memphis, TN
  • ISSN
    1522-3965
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3538-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APS.2014.6904760
  • Filename
    6904760