Title :
Reconfigurable reflectarrays: Design, analysis and fabrication
Author :
Aydin Civi, Ozlem
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Middle East Tech. Univ., Ankara, Turkey
Abstract :
Reflectarray antennas combine the advantages of both reflector and phased array antennas. Therefore, they offer low-loss, low-cost solutions for the high gain, beam steering and beam shaping applications. First the current progress and future perspectives regarding the design and analysis of reflectarrays are discussed. Then, recent technological developments and techniques that are used to realize reconfigurability in reflectarrays are presented.
Keywords :
antenna phased arrays; reflectarray antennas; beam shaping applications; beam steering applications; phased array antennas; reconfigurable reflectarrays; reflectarray antennas; Arrays; Finite element analysis; Micromechanical devices; Microswitches; Radio frequency; Reflector antennas; reconfigurable antennas; reflectarrays;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2015 9th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lisbon
