Coherently radiating periodic structures (CORPS): aplicaciones prácticas

Abstract

In this paper some possible applications of the new philosophy to design antenna systems based on the Coherently Radiating Periodic Structures (CORPS) is presented. This principle could allow the designer to simplify the needed feeding network for many array antenna systems since some elements could be coupled from the neighbouring ones, keeping the original excitation profile. It will be also shown in this paper how the three dimensional version of CORPS could be understood as a focusing planar lens, since it is possible to distribute the information of one element to many radiating elements by using the coherent coupling mechanism between all the elements of the whole structure. With this configuration, many directive beams could be really close to each other, increasing the possibilities to handle high resolution in imaging systems.