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Wideband X-band Multilayer Reflectarray on Thin Dielectric Substrates

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The simulation and measurement results of characteristics of the X-band offset reflectarray with the diameter of 460 mm on thin dielectric substrates are presented. The optimization of array main characteristics is performed using electrodynamic simulation by the full-wave method. The experimentally measured antenna characteristics are as follows: the gain is of 27.7 dB, the –3 dB main-lobe beamwidth at the frequency of 9.6 GHz is equal to 4° and 4.5° in the E- and H-planes, respectively. The operating frequency band at the –1 dB gain level is equal to 8.9–10 GHz.

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    Yevhenii Herhil, Oleksandr Sushko, Serhii Martyniuk & Volodymyr Vasyliev

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The initial version of this paper in Ukrainian is published in the journal “Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Radioelektronika,” ISSN 2307-6011 (Online), ISSN 0021-3470 (Print) on the link http://radio.kpi.ua/article/view/S0021347021110029 with DOI: https://doi.org/10.20535/S0021347021110029

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii. Radioelektronika, No. 11, pp. 673-681, November, 2021 https://doi.org/10.20535/S0021347021110029 .

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Herhil, Y., Sushko, O., Martyniuk, S. et al. Wideband X-band Multilayer Reflectarray on Thin Dielectric Substrates. Radioelectron.Commun.Syst. 64, 584–591 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3103/S0735272721110029

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