Design of C-band Foldable Reflectarray Antennas by Flexible Textile with Copper Pattern Plating
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Tomura, T.; Sakamoto, H.; Takeuchi, T.; Takahashi, T.
- Source
- 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on Antennas and Propagation (APCAP) Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2023 IEEE 11th Asia-Pacific Conference on. volume1:1-2 Nov, 2023
- Subject
- Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Satellite antennas
C-band
Small satellites
Plating
Reflector antennas
Copper
Gain
- Language
This paper presents the design results of C-band foldable reflectarray antennas by flexible textile with copper pattern plating for small satellites. The reflectarray is composed of two textiles; one for ground and the other for patch. This configuration enables stowing compactly. The simulation of the reflectarray shows 30.9-dBi antenna gain with low sidelobe levels of less than 21.1 dB. The antenna is going to be fabricated and characterized.