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Reflectarray Antennas

by Payam Nayeri, Fan Yang, Atef Z. Elsherbeni

February 2018

Intermediate to advanced

424 pages

14h 48m

English

Wiley-IEEE Press

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1.1 Reflectarray Concept1.2 Reflectarray Developments1.3 Overview of this BookReferences
2.1 Phase‐Shift Distribution on the Reflectarray Aperture2.2 Phase Tuning Approaches for Reflectarray Elements2.3 Element Analysis Methods2.4 Examples of Classic Reflectarray Elements2.5 Reflectarray Element Characteristics and Design Considerations2.6 Reflectarray Element MeasurementsReferences
3.1 A General Feed Model3.2 Aperture Efficiency3.3 Aperture Blockage and Edge Diffraction3.4 The Analogy between a Reflectarray and a Parabolic ReflectorReferences
4.1 Array Theory Approach: The Robust Analysis Technique4.2 Aperture Field Approach: The Classical Analysis Technique4.3 Important Topics in Reflectarray Radiation Analysis4.4 Full‐Wave Simulation Approaches4.5 Numerical ExamplesReferences
5.1 Bandwidth Constraints in Reflectarray Antennas5.2 Reflectarray Element Bandwidth5.3 Reflectarray System BandwidthReferences

6.1 A Ku‐band Reflectarray Antenna: A Step‐by‐Step Design Example6.2 A Circularly Polarized Reflectarray Antenna using an Element Rotation Technique6.3 Bandwidth Comparison of Reflectarray Designs using Different ElementsReferences
7.1 Broadband Reflectarray Design Topologies7.2 Phase Synthesis for Broadband Operation7.3 Multiband Reflectarray DesignsReferences
8.1 Above Microwave Frequencies8.2 Material Characteristics at Terahertz and Infrared Frequencies8.3 Element Losses at Infrared Frequencies8.4 Reflectarray Design Methodologies and Enabling Technologies8.5 Future TrendsReferences
9.1 Direct Design Approaches for Multi‐Beam Reflectarrays9.2 Synthesis Design Approaches for Shaped‐ and Multi‐Beam Reflectarrays9.3 Practical Reflectarray DesignsReferences
10.1 Beam‐Scanning Approaches for Reflectarray Antennas10.2 Feed‐Tuning Techniques10.3 Aperture Phase‐Tuning Techniques10.4 Frontiers in Beam‐Scanning Reflectarray ResearchReferences
11.1 Advanced Reflectarray Geometries11.2 Reflectarrays for Satellite Applications11.3 Power Combining and Amplifying Reflectarrays11.4 A Perspective on Reflectarray AntennasReferences

Overview

This book provides engineers with a comprehensive review of the state-of-the-art in reflectarray antenna research and development. The authors describe, in detail, design procedures for a wide range of applications, including broadband, multi-band, multi-beam, contour-beam, beam-scanning, and conformal reflectarray antennas. They provide sufficient coverage of basic reflectarray theory to fully understand reflectarray antenna design and analysis such that the readers can pursue reflectarray research on their own. Throughout the book numerous illustrative design examples including numerical and experimental results are provided.

Featuring in-depth theoretical analysis along with practical design examples, Reflectarray Antennas is an excellent text/reference for engineering graduate students, researchers, and engineers in the field of antennas. It belongs on the bookshelves of university libraries, research institutes, and industrial labs and research facilities.