Design and Development of Frequency Agile Reflectarray Antenna

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a frequency reconfigurable reflectarray with concentric circular rings. The PIN diode connected between a phase delay line and the ring produces reconfigured resonances at 16 GHz and 10.4 GHz. The variation in the size of the concentric rings offer a phase change of 356º during the OFF state of the PIN diode. 360° phase variation in the PIN ON condition is achieved by varying the delay line length. A 225-element centre-fed reflectarray antenna is constructed with square geometry. A simulated gain of 23 dBi is obtained with -17 dB side lobe level and -28 dB cross-polarization level at 16 GHz. In the PIN ON condition, a simulated gain of 22 dBi is obtained with -12 dB side lobe level and -28 dB cross polarization level. This reconfigurable reflectarray finds its applications in space research, satellite communication, and RADAR.