IEEE Access (Jan 2023)

W-Band Single-Layer Broadband Reflectarray Antenna

  • Zhicheng Wang,
  • Rui Zhang,
  • Wenke Song,
  • Xiaobo Lin,
  • Bingchuan Xie,
  • Jing Wang,
  • Ruifeng Zhao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3290098
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11
pp. 66309 – 66317

Abstract

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In this paper, a W-band single-layer reflectarray antenna is proposed with the advantages of broadband and high aperture efficiency. A novel dual rotation-symmetry windmill element is designed in the W-band, which consists two layers of copper patches printed on a Rogers RT5880 substrate. Based on the analysis of the proposed metasurface element, a square reflectarray with $13.85\lambda _{0}$ (44.2 mm) aperture diameter at 94 GHz center frequency was designed, fabricated and measured. The designed reflectarray antenna shows a 1-dB gain bandwidth of 25.5% (89-113 GHz) in the W-band. Moreover, the measured gain is 31.1 dBi at 94 GHz and the maximum aperture efficiency is 53.4%. The result shows that the proposed design has prospects in wireless communication applications.

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