On the Sources Reconstruction Method Application for a Reflectarray Antenna Characterization

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:
López, Y. Á.; Arrebola, M.; Las-Heras, F. (Área de Teoría de la Señal, Universidad de Oviedo, Edificio Polivalente, Módulo 8, Planta 1, Campus Universitario de Gijón, E-33203 Gijón (Asturias), Spain)
Encinar, J. A. (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, s/n. E-28040, Madrid, Spain)

Abstract:
This paper presents the application of the Sources Reconstruction Method (SRM) for a reflectarray antenna diagnostics and characterization. The goal is to extract information about the phaseshift introduced by the reflectarray elements comparing it with the synthesized phase distribution of the reflection coefficient which was used in the reflectarray design. Also, the measured radiation pattern will be compared with the reference one, trying to find the reasons of the differences between them.