Reconfigurable reflectarrays and array lenses for dynamic antenna beam control: A review

SV Hum, J Perruisseau-Carrier - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advances in reflectarrays and array lenses with electronic beam-forming capabilities are
enabling a host of new possibilities for these high-performance, low-cost antenna …

Beam-scanning reflectarray antennas: A technical overview and state of the art

P Nayeri, F Yang, AZ Elsherbeni - IEEE Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A detailed overview of various design methodologies and enabling technologies for beam-
scanning reflectarray antennas is presented in this article. Numerous advantages of …

Wideband 400-element electronically reconfigurable transmitarray in X band

A Clemente, L Dussopt, R Sauleau… - … on Antennas and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully electronically reconfigurable 400-element transmitarray is studied numerically and
experimentally in X-band. The array operates in linear polarization and consists of 20× 20 …

[HTML][HTML] Microwave liquid crystal enabling technology for electronically steerable antennas in SATCOM and 5G millimeter-wave systems

R Jakoby, A Gaebler, C Weickhmann - Crystals, 2020 - mdpi.com
Future satellite platforms and 5G millimeter wave systems require Electronically Steerable
Antennas (ESAs), which can be enabled by Microwave Liquid Crystal (MLC) technology …

Design and demonstration of an electronically scanned reflectarray antenna at 100 GHz using multiresonant cells based on liquid crystals

G Perez-Palomino, M Barba, JA Encinar… - … on Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design, fabrication, and measured results are presented for a reconligurable reflectarray
antenna based on liquid crystals (LCs) which operates above 100 GHz. The antenna has …

Design and experimental validation of liquid crystal-based reconfigurable reflectarray elements with improved bandwidth in F-band

G Perez-Palomino, P Baine, R Dickie… - … on Antennas and …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A reconfigurable reflectarray which exploits the dielectric anisotropy of liquid crystals (LC)
has been designed to operate in the frequency range from 96 to 104 GHz. The unit cells are …

Liquid‐crystal high‐frequency microwave technology: materials and characterization

DC Zografopoulos, A Ferraro… - Advanced Materials …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ever since the advent of microwave technology, tunable devices, such as phase shifters,
resonators, and antennas, have been indispensable in applications requiring …

[HTML][HTML] Tunable terahertz fishnet metamaterials based on thin nematic liquid crystal layers for fast switching

DC Zografopoulos, R Beccherelli - Scientific Reports, 2015 - nature.com
The electrically tunable properties of liquid-crystal fishnet metamaterials are theoretically
investigated in the terahertz spectrum. A nematic liquid crystal layer is introduced between …

Broadband reflectarray antennas using double-layer subwavelength patch elements

P Nayeri, F Yang, AZ Elsherbeni - IEEE Antennas and Wireless …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates a novel bandwidth improvement method, which combines the
multilayer approach with the subwavelength element technique. A new definition of phase …

A review of high gain and high efficiency reflectarrays for 5G communications

MH Dahri, MI Abbasi, MH Jamaluddin… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The future adaptability of reflectarray antenna requires a thorough investigation of its main
conventional features for expected improvements. Its existing design featuring at microwave …