Role of Surface Waves in the Reflection Properties of a Millimetre Wave Reflectarray Unit Cell
Role of Surface Waves in the Reflection Properties of a Millimetre Wave Reflectarray Unit Cell
- Author(s): G. Ahmad ; C.I. Underwood ; T.W.C. Brown ; T.H. Loh
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2017.0285
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- Author(s): G. Ahmad ; C.I. Underwood ; T.W.C. Brown ; T.H. Loh Source: Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2017), 2017 page (5 pp.)
- Conference: Loughborough Antennas & Propagation Conference (LAPC 2017)
- DOI: 10.1049/cp.2017.0285
- ISBN: 978-1-78561-699-0
- Location: Loughborough, UK
- Conference date: 13-14 Nov. 2017
- Format: PDF
A steady increasing trend towards millimetre waves (mmwaves) for next generation communication has initiated an intensive research in the field of mm-wave antenna technologies. Reflectarray antennas being one of the potential candidates offer significant advantages over parabolic and phased array antennas at mm-wave bands. In a well-designed reflectarray, the overall performance is mainly determined by its comprising unit cell(s). Most of the recent reflectarray designs are based on printed microstrip technology. It is well known that surface waves get generated in printed microstrip technology and contribute to loss in the radiated signal power in the intended direction. This paper analyses the effect of surface waves in the reflection properties of a printed microstrip millimetre wave reflectarray unit cell. The analytical results are compared with measured data at 32 GHz and an excellent agreement was observed. It was observed that surface waves, though generally considered to have malign effects in antennas, play a significant positive role in the reduction of reflection loss magnitude at unit cell level.
Inspec keywords: microstrip antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; electromagnetic wave reflection; reflectarray antennas
Subjects: Antenna arrays
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