Novel Broadband Reflectarray Antenna with Compound-Cross-Loop Elements for Millimeter-wave Application

Abstract

Abstract A novel broadband millimeter-wave reflectarray antenna composed of compound-cross-loop elements of variable lengths is proposed. Compared to the conventional single-layer reflectarray elements, the compound-cross-loop elements can realize much larger phase variation range from 0° to 465°, leading to broader bandwidth. Using this technique, a 15°-beam-steering reflectarray operating at 30 GHz is designed. The computed results demonstrate the agreement of the main beam steering with the design requirement, and a 1-dB gain bandwidth close to 25.17% is obtained. The validity of the obtained results is verified by comparing the ones generated by Ansoft High Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) with those produced by Ansoft Designer. The antenna is useful for millimeter-wave applications.