In this paper a reflectarray design for a membrane spaceborne antenna to be used in a typical SAR mission is presented. An L-Band reflectarray, with a dimension of 10 by 6 meters on Kapton foil substrate, has been designed. To evaluate the tolerance to the membrane deformations, a model for the surface wrinkles and sag is developed and their effects on the antenna performance are analyzed. Finally, a full-wave numerical analysis has been performed and the result are presented.
Reflectarray Membrane Study for Deployable SAR Antenna
2009 ; Berlin, Germany
2009-03-01
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
Membrane , Satellite , SAR , Reflectarray , Antenna
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