DocumentCode
2789243
Title
A reflectarray antenna for use in interferometeric ocean height measurement
Author
Hodges, Richard E. ; Zawadzki, Mark
Author_Institution
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
fYear
2005
fDate
5-12 March 2005
Firstpage
1131
Lastpage
1139
Abstract
A deployable reflectarray antenna is developed for use in a Ku-band dual polarization cross-track interferometer instrument. It is found that the reflectarray antenna provides unique, mission enabling advantages for a large dual polarized antenna in terms of stowage, dual beam aperture efficiency and cost. This paper presents experimental results to demonstrate that reflectarray antenna technology is sufficiently mature for flight applications
Keywords
antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave polarisation; oceanographic equipment; oceanographic techniques; radiowave interferometers; Ku-band dual polarization cross-track interferometer; dual beam aperture efficiency; flight applications; interferometeric ocean height measurement; large dual polarized antenna; reflectarray antenna; Antenna feeds; Antenna measurements; Aperture antennas; Marine technology; Oceans; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Polarization; Reflector antennas; Sea measurements;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Aerospace Conference, 2005 IEEE
Conference_Location
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8870-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/AERO.2005.1559404
Filename
1559404
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