Table 1 Antenna performance summary.
From: Development of an X-Band Reflectarray Antenna for Satellite Communications
Feed | Whole antenna | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Predict | Meas | Predict | Meas | ||
Frequency (GHz) | 8–8.4 | ||||
Polarization | LHCP | LHCP | RHCP | RHCP | |
Gain (dBi) | 14.7(8.2 GHz) 13.4–14.7 (8–8.4 GHz) | 14.3(8.2 GHz) 13.9–14.3 (8–8.4 GHz) | 24.7 (8.2 GHz) 22.3–25.0 (8–8.4 GHz) | 23.9 (8.2 GHz) 22.3–23.9 (8–8.4 GHz) | |
Beam width (°, 8.2 GHz) | AZ | 36.2 | 34.8 | 7.33 | 7.21 |
EL | 28.6 | 27.5 | 10.24 | 10.58 | |
Peak SLL (dB, 8.2 GHz) | AZ | − 24 | − 23 | − 19 | − 18 |
EL | − 18 | − 18 | − 20 | − 20 | |
Axial ratio (dB, 8.2 GHz) | AZ | 0.8 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 |
EL | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 1.5 | |
Dimension (mm3) | 74 × 80 × 7 | 300 × 226 × 250 | |||
Weight (kg) | 0.046 | 1.026 | |||
