Design and Manufacture of Cosecant-Squared Complementary Reflectarrays for Low-Cost Applications

Giorgio Carluccio, Agnese Mazzinghi, Angelo Freni*

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Abstract

A novel solution for the manufacturing of a reflectarray antenna with cosecant-squared radiation pattern is presented. The unit cell simply consists of a 3-D printed nylon grid inserted in between two thick metallic plates. To introduce the required phase delay, C and reverse C slots are laser cut into the plate illuminated by the feeder. This solution allows obtaining an efficient, robust, and compact antenna with low-cost manufacturing process, even for no mass production. Measurements confirm the feasibility of the proposed solution and show its performances.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8016356
Pages (from-to)5220-5227
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume65
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Keywords

  • 3-D printing
  • antenna array
  • reflectarrays
  • shaped-beam antennas

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