Volume 32, Issue 4 e23071
ORIGINAL ARTICLE

A wideband planar reflectarray antenna using clip-shaped elements for X-band applications

Meijin Guo

Meijin Guo

Department of Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

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Lu Guo

Corresponding Author

Lu Guo

Department of Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

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Lu Guo, Department of Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210094, China.

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Wenjie Feng

Wenjie Feng

Department of Communication Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

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First published: 09 January 2022
Citations: 2

Funding information: This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61871223.

Abstract

A single-layer wideband reflectarray antenna using clip-shaped elements for X-band applications is proposed. A linear phase shift of 398° can be achieved by adjusting the longitudinal length of the interior folded slot of each element, while the exterior dimensions of each element remain identical. In this layout, a prolonged current path for an increased phase swing can be obtained and the sudden size variation between adjacent elements in the array can be avoided. A reflectarray antenna that is offset-fed and composed of 529 elements is modeled, manufactured, and tested, with a 0.3λ unit cell periodicity at the design frequency of 10 GHz. Experimental results exhibit that for 1-dB gain drop, a broad 41.0% bandwidth is obtained. The tested gain is 25.7 dBi at 10 GHz, which corresponds to aperture efficiency 68.5%. Additionally, stable and good radiation characteristics are also achieved.

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