A deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna is provided that includes a flexible reflectarray and a deployment structure that includes an endless pantograph for deploying the flexible reflectarray from a folded, undeployed state towards a deployed state in which the flexible reflectarray is substantially planar. In a particular embodiment, the deployment structure includes a plurality of tapes that engage the endless pantograph and are used to establish a positional relationship between the deployed reflectarray and another component of the reflectarray antenna.
Deployable structure for use in establishing a reflectarray antenna
2021-04-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE FOR USE IN ESTABLISHING A REFLECTARRAY ANTENNA
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