Open AccessDesign of complementary reflectarray
Author(s) -
Carluccio G.,
Mazzinghi A.,
Freni A.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electronics letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 146
ISSN - 1350-911X
DOI - 10.1049/el.2013.2701
Subject(s) - materials science , dielectric , antenna (radio) , laser , process (computing) , optics , optoelectronics , electronic engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , engineering , physics , operating system
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 into which the C and the reverse C slots are laser cut. This solution allows one 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.