Title :
Observations on the performance of reflectarrays with reduced inter-element spacings
Author :
Almajali, E. ; McNamara, D.A. ; Shaker, J. ; Chaharmir, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Several authors have described the use of reduced inter-element spacing as a means of improving the performance of reflectarray antennas. This paper discusses some additional aspects that complement their conclusions, and emphasizes some of the reasons for these improvements.
Keywords :
antenna arrays; reflector antennas; reduced interelement spacing; reflectarray antenna; Antenna radiation patterns; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Electric fields; Quantization; Reflection; Reflector antennas; focal point shift; pattern stability; phase quantization; reduced inter-element spacing; reflectarray antennas;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APSURSI), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-9562-7
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2011.5996720
