Research Article

Passive and Active Reconfigurable Scan-Beam Hollow Patch Reflectarray Antennas

Table 2

Parameters of the varactor-loaded hollow patch.

Parameter Value

Operating frequency ๐‘“ = 6.0โ€‰GHz
Substrate thickness โ„Ž = 1.575โ€‰mm
Substrate permittivity ๐œ– ๐‘Ÿ = 2.45
Loss tangent tanโ€‰ ๐›ฟ = 0.0012
Patch width, length ๐‘Š = 15โ€‰mm, ๐ฟ = 11.8โ€‰mm
Slot width, length ๐‘Š โ„Ž = 13โ€‰mm, ๐ฟ โ„Ž = 0.4โ€‰mm
Substrate width, length ๐œ† 0 / 2 , ๐œ† 0 / 2 mm
Chip thickness 0.5โ€‰mm
Chip width 0.65โ€‰mm
Chip length 0.9โ€‰mm
Resonance capacitance ๐ถ 0 = 0.5 5 โˆผ 0 .6โ€‰pF