Parallel-Plate Modes in Slot Reflectarray Antennas

This article deals with investigations of slot reflectarray antennas constituted by composite panels and optimized for milling manufacturing. It is shown that a certain combination of the unit-cell geometry parameters may lead to the gain degradation. Analysis of the unit cell shows that this result...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2021-06, Vol.69 (6), p.3303-3311
Main Authors: Ballandovich, Svyatoslav V., Sugak, Mikhail I., Kostikov, Grigory A., Liubina, Liubov M., Antonov, Yuriy Gennadievich
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna arrays
Antennas
Circle diagram
Dielectrics
Excitation
Milling
parallel-plate waveguide
Parameters
Periodic structures
reflectarrays
Reflector antennas
Slot antennas
Unit cell
Waveguide lasers
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Summary:This article deals with investigations of slot reflectarray antennas constituted by composite panels and optimized for milling manufacturing. It is shown that a certain combination of the unit-cell geometry parameters may lead to the gain degradation. Analysis of the unit cell shows that this results from the parallel-plate modes excitation. The Floquet circle diagram is used to define conditions for the excitation of these modes. Examples of field plots in the unit cell are given. Theoretical data have been verified by experimental investigations. Presented results allow us to choose proper geometry parameters of the unit cell for slot reflectarray antennas at the initial stage of the development. Some slot reflectarray antennas prototypes are considered as well.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2020.3048501