Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array

This work provides design and analysis of a beam steering reflectarray antenna, designed at 26 GHz, based on the mechanical rotation of the array. Unit cells based on circular ring elements are designed, and scattering parameter measurements have been carried out for obtaining progressive phase dist...

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Main Authors: Abbasi, Muhammad Inam, Dahri, Muhammad Hashim, Jamaluddin, Mohd. Haizal, Seman, Norhudah, Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee, Sulaiman, Noor Hafizah
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2945318
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spelling my.utm.877002020-11-30T13:09:01Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87700/ Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array Abbasi, Muhammad Inam Dahri, Muhammad Hashim Jamaluddin, Mohd. Haizal Seman, Norhudah Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee Sulaiman, Noor Hafizah TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering This work provides design and analysis of a beam steering reflectarray antenna, designed at 26 GHz, based on the mechanical rotation of the array. Unit cells based on circular ring elements are designed, and scattering parameter measurements have been carried out for obtaining progressive phase distribution. The unit cell measurements demonstrated a maximum reflection loss of 4 dB with a total phase range of almost 360°. Symmetricity of the array and the resonant elements has been exposed to steer the main beam by tilting the reflectarray at different angles. A beam steering range of more than ±60° has been demonstrated by varying the tilt angle from +30°to -30°. The designed 20 × 20 element array provided a maximum gain of 26.47 dB at 0° which reduced to 19.8 dB at 61.9° in the elevation plane. On the other hand, the reflectarray antenna demonstrated a maximum bandwidth of 13.1% with a minimum side lobe level of -25.9 dB. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2019 Article PeerReviewed Abbasi, Muhammad Inam and Dahri, Muhammad Hashim and Jamaluddin, Mohd. Haizal and Seman, Norhudah and Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee and Sulaiman, Noor Hafizah (2019) Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array. IEEE Access, 7 . pp. 145685-145691. ISSN 2169-3536 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2945318
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Abbasi, Muhammad Inam
Dahri, Muhammad Hashim
Jamaluddin, Mohd. Haizal
Seman, Norhudah
Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee
Sulaiman, Noor Hafizah
Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
description This work provides design and analysis of a beam steering reflectarray antenna, designed at 26 GHz, based on the mechanical rotation of the array. Unit cells based on circular ring elements are designed, and scattering parameter measurements have been carried out for obtaining progressive phase distribution. The unit cell measurements demonstrated a maximum reflection loss of 4 dB with a total phase range of almost 360°. Symmetricity of the array and the resonant elements has been exposed to steer the main beam by tilting the reflectarray at different angles. A beam steering range of more than ±60° has been demonstrated by varying the tilt angle from +30°to -30°. The designed 20 × 20 element array provided a maximum gain of 26.47 dB at 0° which reduced to 19.8 dB at 61.9° in the elevation plane. On the other hand, the reflectarray antenna demonstrated a maximum bandwidth of 13.1% with a minimum side lobe level of -25.9 dB.
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author Abbasi, Muhammad Inam
Dahri, Muhammad Hashim
Jamaluddin, Mohd. Haizal
Seman, Norhudah
Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee
Sulaiman, Noor Hafizah
author_facet Abbasi, Muhammad Inam
Dahri, Muhammad Hashim
Jamaluddin, Mohd. Haizal
Seman, Norhudah
Kamarudin, Muhammad Ramlee
Sulaiman, Noor Hafizah
author_sort Abbasi, Muhammad Inam
title Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
title_short Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
title_full Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
title_fullStr Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
title_full_unstemmed Millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
title_sort millimeter wave beam steering reflectarray antenna based on mechanical rotation of array
publisher Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/87700/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2945318
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