| publication name | ” Slot-Loading Rectangular Dielectric Resonator elements Reflectarray” MECAP2010,Egypt |
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| Authors | Abd-Elhady, S.H. Zainud-Deen, A.A. Mitkees, and A.A. Kishk |
| year | 2010 |
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| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5724220 |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
Reflectarray composed of 23 x 23 elements covering an area of 276 x 276 cm2 is constructed. The unit cell consists of rectangular DRA, a slot in the ground plane, a dielectric layer, and a conducting ground plane. The full phase of 360 degree of the array elements can be obtained by using two slot-ground plane sizes. The reflectarray is centred fed by linearly polarized pyramidal horn antenna. Full-wave analysis using the finite integration technique is applied. The mutual coupling between the feeding horn and the elements of the reflectarray are considered. At 10 GHz, the antenna provides a 3-dB beamwidth of 6 degree with a gain of 28 dB. The antenna bandwidth within 1dB gain variation is found to be 13% and aperture efficiency of 59%.