Realization of 35 GHz Steerable Reflectarray using Highly Anisotropic Liquid Crystal

Abstract

This paper investigates the realization of reconfigurable reflectarrays based on tunable liquid crystals (LC). Two different concepts of unit cells using highly anisotropic LC have been designed and measured, showing good results and the possibility of employing them in a full-scale reflectarray. A 16 times 16 fixed beam microstrip reflectarray has been developed and measured, in order to verify the feeding concept. Good agreement is obtained between simulation and measurement