Open AccessImproved dual‐feed single‐beam power‐combining reflectarray antenna
Author(s) -
Almajali E.,
McNamara D.A.,
Shaker J.,
Chaharmir M.R.
Publication year - 2013
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.2013.2877
Subject(s) - power (physics) , antenna (radio) , dual (grammatical number) , beam (structure) , optics , materials science , physics , electrical engineering , engineering , art , literature , quantum mechanics
The power combining efficiency of a dual‐feed single‐beam power combining reflectarray is shown to be substantially improved by reducing the spacing between the reflectarray elements. This improvement has been confirmed experimentally.