High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 34, Issue 8, 083001(2022)

Design of a broadband Ka-band reflectarray antenna

Zhiqiang Zhang1, Jia’ning Zhao2,3、*, Fang Li2,3, Cheng Fu2, and Haichuan Zhang1
Author Affiliations
  • 1Science and Technology on High Power Microwave Laboratory, Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology, Xi’an 710024, China
  • 2College of Information Science and Engineering, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
  • 3Guangxi Key Laboratory of Embedded Technology and Intelligent System, Guilin University of Technology, Guilin 541004, China
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    The development of reflectarray antenna is limited by bandwidth and power capacity. In this paper, a novel reflectarray element based on multi-resonant technique is proposed firstly. Compared with the traditional element, the proposed element structure has the characteristics of high-power capacity, low profile, and good linearity of phase shift curve. Secondly, a reflectarray antenna with 20 × 20 elements is designed in Ka band by using the proposed element and optimizing the array characteristics. Finally, the electromagnetic simulation software is used to simulate the antenna, The results show that at the center frequency of 35 GHz, the peak gain of the antenna is 27.58 dB, the aperture efficiency is 52.33%, the sidelobe is less than -16.08 dB, and the antenna gain drop is less than 3 dB in the frequency range of 30.41-39.64 GHz (the relative bandwidth is 26.37%). Moreover, the power capacity of the designed reflectarray reaches 13.99 MW and the power density is 218.54 W/mm2.

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    Zhiqiang Zhang, Jia’ning Zhao, Fang Li, Cheng Fu, Haichuan Zhang. Design of a broadband Ka-band reflectarray antenna[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2022, 34(8): 083001

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    Paper Information

    Category: High Power Microwave Technology

    Received: Jan. 29, 2022

    Accepted: Jun. 7, 2022

    Published Online: Aug. 8, 2022

    The Author Email: Jia’ning Zhao (zjn317253663@126.com)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202234.220037

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