TY - JOUR A2 - Safavi-Naeini, Safieddin AU - Zainud-Deen, S. H. AU - El-Shalaby, N. A. AU - Gaber, S. M. AU - Malhat, H. A. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/09/08 TI - Circularly Polarized Transparent Microstrip Patch Reflectarray Integrated with Solar Cell for Satellite Applications SP - 6102530 VL - 2016 AB - Circularly polarized (CP) transparent microstrip reflectarray antenna is integrated with solar cell for small satellite applications at 10 GHz. The reflectarray unit cell consists of a perfect electric conductor (PEC) square patch printed on an optically transparent substrate with the PEC ground plane. A comparison between using transparent conducting polymers and using the PEC in unit-cell construction has been introduced. The waveguide simulator is used to calculate the required compensation phase of each unit cell in the reflectarray. The radiation characteristics of 13 × 13 CP transparent reflectarray antenna are investigated. A circularly polarized horn antenna is used to feed the reflectarray. The solar cell is incorporated with the transparent reflectarray on the same area. The solar-cell integration with the reflectarray reduces the maximum gain by about 0.5 dB due to the increase in the magnitude of the reflection coefficient. The results are calculated using the finite integral technique (FIT). SN - 1687-5826 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/6102530 DO - 10.1155/2016/6102530 JF - International Journal of Microwave Science and Technology PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -