Reconfigurable LC-Reflectarray Setup and Characterisation
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Moessinger, A.; Jakoby, R.; Mueller, S. (Universität Darmstadt, Merckstrasse 25, Darmstadt, Germany)
Dieter, S.; Menzel, W. (Universität Ulm, Albert-Einstein-Allee 41, Ulm, Germany)
Abstract:
This paper presents the realisation and characterisation of an electronically reconfigurable reflectarray based on liquid crystals at 35 GHz, which is able to electronically steer the main beam continuously in between ±35deg. To extract the characteristics of each single tunable unit cell directly on the reflectarray, a specific near field measurement setup is used to enable spatial resolution of the reflected magnitudes and phases.