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Subreflectarrays for Reflector Surface Distortion Compensation.

Authors :
Shenheng Xu
Rahmat-Samii, Yahya
Imbriale, William A.
Source :
IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation; Feb2009, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p364-372, 9p, 2 Diagrams, 15 Graphs
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

With the increasing interest in the applications of large deployable reflector antennas operating at high frequencies, the requirement on the reflector surface accuracy becomes more demanding. Thermal effects inevitably cause certain reflector surface distortions, thus degrading the overall antenna performance. This paper introduces a novel reflector surface distortion compensation technique using a subreflectarray and presents detailed discussions. A microstrip reflectarray is used as a subreflector, illuminated by a primary feed. By properly adjusting the additional phase shift provided by the subreflectarray, the aperture phase errors caused by the main reflector surface distortions are compensated, resulting in a considerably improved antenna performance. As an example, a distorted 20-m offset parabolic reflector antenna operating at X-band is successfully compensated by a subreflectarray, and the simulation results are compared with those obtained by array feed and shaped subreflector compensation techniques. The microstrip subreflectarray is low-profile, lightweight, and cost-effective. Only one primary feed is required, and a reconfigurable design can be achieved if electronically reconfigurable reflectarray elements are adopted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
0018926X
Volume :
57
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
IEEE Transactions on Antennas & Propagation
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
37313484
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/TAP.2008.2011250