Abstract
A significant improvement in the bandwidth of large reflectarrays is demonstrated using elements which allow true-time delay. Two identical, large reflectarrays have been designed using different phase distributions to generate a collimated beam. In the former, the phase distribution is truncated to 360deg as is usual in reflectarray antennas, while in the second, the true phase delay is maintained (three cycles of 360deg). The chosen phase-shifter elements are based on previously measured and validated patches aperture-coupled to delay lines. The radiation patterns for both reflectarrays have been computed at several frequencies and the gain is represented as a function of frequency for both cases. Bandwidth curves are presented as a function of the reflectarray size.
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