Low cost complementary reflectarray for transportable radar applications

Author

Carluccio, Giorgio ; Mazzinghi, A. ; Freni, A.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. dell´Inf. e Sci. Matematiche, Univ. degli Studi di Siena, Rome, Italy

fYear

2014

fDate

3-8 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

723

Lastpage

725

Abstract

A novel solution for the manufacture of a reflectarray antenna is presented. The unit cell simply consists of dielectric foam inserted between two thick metallic plates. The plate illuminated by the feeder is a 0.5 mm thick stainless steel sheet where C and reverse C slots are laser cut into. This solution allows us to obtain an efficient, robust, and compact antenna with low-cost manufacturing process even for no mass production. Preliminary measurements show the feasibility of the proposed solution and its performances.

Keywords

antenna feeds; dielectric materials; foams; radar antennas; reflectarray antennas; slot antenna arrays; stainless steel; antenna feeder; complementary reflectarray antenna; dielectric foam; laser cut; mass production; metallic plate; reverse C slot; size 0.5 mm; stainless steel sheet; transportable radar application; Antenna measurements; Dielectrics; Frequency measurement; Laser beam cutting; Measurement by laser beam; Reflector antennas; Steel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetics in Advanced Applications (ICEAA), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Palm Beach

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7325-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEAA.2014.6903951

Filename

6903951