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Design of Square Patch Reflectarray Antenna with U-type Slot

U자형 슬롯을 갖는 정사각형 패치 리플렉트어레이 안테나의 설계

  • 김선혜 (단국대학교 대학원 전자전기공학과) ;
  • 최학근 (단국대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 박재현 (단국대학교 대학원 전자전기공학과)
  • Received : 2011.03.24
  • Accepted : 2011.06.10
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

The microstrip reflectarray antenna is rapidly becoming an attractive alternative solution to the traditional parabolic reflector antenna. However, the bandwidth of the microstrip reflectarray using the single layer structure is very narrow. To obtain wide bandwidth characteristic, the microstrip reflectarray using the multi-layer structure has been used, but it has some disadvantages such as high cost and complicated design. In this paper, to obtain low cost and wide bandwidth, the microstrip reflectarray antenna composed of square patch with two U-slots using the single-layer structure is proposed. The proposed antenna demonstrate radiation efficiency closed to 55.5 % and 1 dB gain bandwidth over 14 % at 12.5 GHz.

리플렉트어레이 안테나는 반사경 안테나의 단점을 보완하여 대체할 새로운 형태의 안테나로 대두되고 있다. 하지만 반사판이 단층구조일 경우 대역폭이 매우 좁다는 단점이 있고, 대역폭을 넓히기 위하여 다층구조의 반사판을 사용할 경우 설계가 어렵고 제작 단가가 높아지게 된다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점들을 극복하기 위하여 단층구조를 사용하여 제작 단가를 낮추면서 협대역 특성을 극복할 수 있는 정사각형에 U자 모양 슬롯을 낸 패치를 이용하여 리플렉트어레이 안테나를 설계하였다. 제안된 리플렉트어레이 안테나는 12.5 GHz에서 55.5 %의 효율과 14 % 이상의 1 dB gain bandwidth 특성을 갖는다.

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