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Class of directive antennas
In telecommunications and radar, a reflective array antenna is a class of directive antennas in which multiple driven elements are mounted in front of a flat surface designed to reflect the radio waves in a desired direction. They are a type of array antenna. They are often used in the VHF and UHF frequency bands. VHF examples are generally large and resemble a highway billboard, so they are sometimes called billboard antennas. Other names are bedspring array and bowtie array depending on the type of elements making up the antenna. The curtain array is a larger version used by shortwave radio broadcasting stations. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Reflective array antennaA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Theoretical and experimental studies of retro-reflective antenna array for microwave power transmission from space solar power satellite to earthInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: AntennasThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Array-Fed Partially Reflective Surface Antenna With Independent Scanning and Beamwidth Dynamic ControlCited 118 times
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Array-Fed Partially Reflective Surface Antenna With Independent Scanning and Beamwidth Dynamic Control
Mechanically Reconfigurable Linear Phased Array Antenna Based on Single-Block Waveguide Reflective Phase Shifters With Tuning Screws
Phase efficiency of the reflective array antenna
ARRAY-FED BEAM-SCANNING PARTIALLY REFLECTIVE SURFACE (PRS) ANTENNA
A Polarization Convert Reflective Surface-Based Wideband Antenna Array Decoupling Structure
Design of Pattern Reconfigurable Patch Antenna Array Based on Reflective Phase-Shifter
A high-gain steerable reflective array antenna for V-band wireless communications
Steerable reflective high-gain antenna array based on loaded dipole scatterers
🆕 Influential since 2022
Theoretical and experimental studies of retro-reflective antenna array for microwave power transmission from space solar power satellite to earth
A Novel Architecture of Retro-Reflective Beamforming for Wireless Power Transmission With a 2-D Transmitting Antenna Array Controlled by 1-D Receiving Antenna Arrays
Design of wide-angle beam scanning array antenna based on reconfigurable reflective metasurface
📚 Books worth reading
AntennasYi Huang · 2008- 📕A theory of mutual impedances and multiple reflections in an N-element array environmentLorant A Muth · 1985
- 📕Measured performance characteristics of reflective Butler matricesB Sheleg · 1980
- 📕A practical guide to EMC engineeringLevent Sevgi · 2017
Engineering electromagneticsWilliam Hart Hayt · 2012
Introduction to the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method for electromagneticsStephen Douglas Gedney · 2011
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