%P 287-292 %R 10.1109/APACE.2012.6457678 %J 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, APACE 2012 - Proceedings %T Recent advances in microwave reflector antenna technology %O cited By 4; Conference of 2012 5th IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on Applied Electromagnetics, APACE 2012 ; Conference Date: 11 December 2012 Through 13 December 2012; Conference Code:95816 %C Melaka %X This paper presents some recent developments in microwave reflector antenna technology. The main focus of this research is on novel reflector antenna designs to overcome the challenges caused by the rising communication systems. Prototype implementation will be described in this paper; published microwave reflector antenna frequency range, low profile and compact designs, wideband reflector antennas, low sidelobe level, low cross polarization and enhanced gain microwave reflector antenna's review is brought up. © 2012 IEEE. %K Compact designs; Low cross polarization; Low sidelobe level; Microwave reflectors; Prototype implementations; Reflector antennas; Wideband reflector, Communication systems; Electromagnetism; Microwaves, Receiving antennas %L scholars2502 %A S.M. Ali %A M.A. Zakariya %A Z. Baharudin %A M.H.M. Khir %A A.A. Baba %A J.J. Adz %A M.F. Ain %A M.A. Othman %D 2012