Title :
A double-layer microstrip reflectarray design to obtain Australia and New Zealand footprint
Author :
Zornoza, A. ; Encinar, J.A. ; Bialkowski, M.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electromagnetism & Circuit Theor., Polytech. Univ. of Madrid, Spain
Abstract :
A microstrip reflectarray, combining features of conventional reflector antennas and phased array technologies into one, is considered as an attractive replacement for either pencil or contoured beam reflector antennas in terrestrial and satellite communication applications. In this paper, we design Ku-band (12.25 GHz-12.75 GHz) dual linear polarized microstrip patch reflectarrays for Optus B1 geostationary satellites to generate a contoured beam for Australia and New Zealand.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antenna arrays; microwave antenna arrays; reflector antennas; satellite antennas; 12.25 to 12.75 GHz; Australia footprint; Ku-band dual linear polarized reflectarray; New Zealand footprint; contoured beam generation; double-layer microstrip reflectarray; geostationary satellites; phased array technologies; reflector antennas; satellite communication; Australia; Continents; Feeds; Microstrip antenna arrays; Microstrip antennas; Phased arrays; Polarization; Reflector antennas; Satellite antennas; Satellite broadcasting;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2003. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Columbus, OH, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7846-6
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2003.1219850
