Reflectarray Membrane Study for Deployable SAR Antenna
Conference: EuCAP 2009 - 3rd European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
03/23/2009 - 03/27/2009 at Berlin, Germany
Proceedings: EuCAP 2009
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Maria, Alberto Di; Limbach, Markus; Horn, Ralf; Reigber, Andreas (Microwaves and Radar Institute, German Aerospace Center (DLR), P.O. Box 1116, 82230 Wessling, Germany)
Abstract:
In this paper a reflectarray design for a membrane spaceborne antenna to be used in a typical SAR mission is presented. An L-Band reflectarray, with a dimension of 10 by 6 meters on Kapton foil substrate, has been designed. To evaluate the tolerance to the membrane deformations, a model for the surface wrinkles and sag is developed and their effects on the antenna performance are analyzed. Finally, a full-wave numerical analysis has been performed and the result are presented.