scholarly journals Chiral Dielectric Metasurfaces for Highly Integrated, Broadband Circularly Polarized Antenna

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 2071
Author(s):  
Bruno Ferreira-Gomes ◽  
Osvaldo N. Oliveira ◽  
Jorge Ricardo Mejía-Salazar
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Millimeter Wave Antenna ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Magnetic Resonances ◽  
Magnetic Pairing

We report on the design of a low-profile integrated millimeter-wave antenna for efficient and broadband circularly polarized electromagnetic radiation. The designed antenna comprises a chiral dielectric metasurface built with a 2×2 arrangement of dielectric cylinders with slanted-slots at the center. A broadbeam high-gain with wide axial ratio (AR)<3 dB bandwidth was reached by pairing the electric and magnetic resonances of the dielectric cylinders and the slanted slots when excited by an elliptically polarized driven-patch antenna. This electric-magnetic pairing can be tuned by varying the cylinders diameter and the tilting and rotation angles of the slanted slots. The simulation results indicate impedance-matching bandwidths up to 22.6% (25.3–31.6 GHz) with 3-dB AR bandwidths of 11.6% (26.9–30.2 GHz), which in terms of compactness (0.95λ0×0.95λ0) and performance are superior to previous antenna designs. Since the simulations were performed by assuming materials and geometries easily implementable experimentally, it is hoped that circularly polarized antennas based on chiral metasurfaces can be integrated into 5G and satellite communications.

scholarly journals Topological Design of Planar Circularly Polarized Directional Antenna with Low Profile Using Particle Swarm Optimization

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaonan Zhao ◽  
Junping Geng ◽  
Ronghong Jin ◽  
Yao Jin ◽  
Xiang Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Swarm Optimization ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Particle Swarm ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Directional Pattern ◽  
Directional Antenna ◽  
Antenna Gain ◽  
Swarm Optimization ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile

A topological method for the design and optimization of planar circularly polarized (CP) directional antenna with low profile was presented. By inserting two parasitic layers, generated by particle swarm optimization, between the equiangular spiral antenna and the ground, a low-profile wideband CP antenna with directional radiation pattern and high gain is achieved. The optimized antenna shows an impedance matching band (S11<-10 dB) of 4–12 GHz with a whole-band stable directional pattern in 4–11.5 GHz, and the antenna gain peak is 8 dBi, which work well in the available band. Measured return loss, antenna gain, and far field patterns agree well with simulation results.

scholarly journals An Artificial Magnetic Conductor-Based Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna with Low-Profile and Enhanced Gain

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (17) ◽  
pp. 2121
Author(s):  
Lina Qiu ◽  
Gaobiao Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Orthogonal Polarization ◽  
Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Artificial Magnetic Conductor ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Simulation And Experiment

A broadband circularly polarized (CP) antenna with enhanced gain and low profile is proposed. Two identical dipoles with full wavelength are placed orthogonally to generate radiation waves with equal amplitude and orthogonal polarization. The arms of the dipoles are designed as stepped patches to enlarge the impedance matching bandwidth and axial ratio (AR) bandwidth. Crossed-dipoles with full wavelength are utilized as the main radiators to provide a wide operating bandwidth and enhanced gain, and an artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) structure is introduced as the reflector to reduce the profile of the whole antenna. Due to the introduction of the AMC structure, the antenna profile is reduced from 12.8 to 6.9 mm, that is, reduced to 0.14λ0 (where λ0 denotes the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency of the passband, 4.0–8.5 GHz). A simulation and experiment were carried out to verify the performance of the proposed antenna. Experimental results showed that the antenna realized an impedance bandwidth of 74%, an AR bandwidth of 67.7%, a peak gain of 12.1 dBic, and an average gain of 10.69 dBic.

scholarly journals Mechanical stress induces a scalable circularly polarized LEO satellite antenna with Quadrifilar spiral

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 2120-2146
Author(s):  
Jie Shen ◽  
◽  
Han-min Liu ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Design Method ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Satellite Communications ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Phase Tuning ◽  
Leo Satellite ◽  
Operation Frequency

<abstract> <p>This paper investigates a left-hand circularly polarized (LHCP) antenna and a right-hand circularly polarized (RHCP) antenna on LEO Satellite, which is based on the phase-tuning metasurface. We overcome its inherent limitations in size, weight and power, and designed a high-gain, ultra-lightweight, scalable antenna for small satellite communications. The antenna can generate continuous and large tunability of subwavelength, with low-Q resonators. The simulated and experimental results verify that different capacitance and inductance modes can be effectively generated by rotating the spiral arms of single-arm spiral antennas with corresponding degrees, which greatly simplify the feeding network. The maximum gain of the normal position within the angle of the uplink and downlink is 4~9 dBi higher than that of the ordinary polarized antenna. In addition, the design method proposed to this article is superior to the reference system in terms of impedance bandwidth, axial ratio bandwidth, and operation frequency. The performance achievements of this paper are implemented within the bandwidth of 3 MHz of uplink and downlink, such as impedance bandwidth is 3 MHz with impedance of 50, axial ratio bandwidth is 2.5 MHz, operation frequency of uplink is 240–243 MHz, downlink is 320 MHz and 401 MHz, and the voltage standing wave ratio (VSWR) is less than 2 dB which is so called S parameter, the above parameters can meet the performance index design requirements.</p> </abstract>

Wideband low-profile aperture-coupled circularly polarized antenna based on metasurface

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 851-859 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi Zheng ◽  
Chenjiang Guo ◽  
Jun Ding
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Equivalent Circuit Analysis ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Compact Size ◽  
Feeding Structure

AbstractIn this paper, a metasurface-based aperture-coupled circularly polarized (CP) antenna with wideband and high radiation gain is proposed and analyzed. The proposed antenna is comprised of coplanar waveguide coupling with 4 × 4 corner truncated square patches, which show compact size and low profile. The mechanism of the CP antenna is analyzed theoretically based on the mode analysis and equivalent circuit analysis. The parameters of feeding structure and truncated corner are studied and optimized to achieve wide impedance bandwidth (BW) and axial ratio (AR) BW. Finally, an overall size of 38.8 mm × 38.8 mm × 3.5 mm (0.71λ0 × 0.71λ0 × 0.064λ0 at 5.5 GHz) CP antenna is proposed and fabricated. The simulated results demonstrate that over 41.7% impedance BW (S11 < −10 dB) of 4.55–6.95 GHz and 3 dB AR BW of 5.05–6.15 GHz (fractional BW is about 19.6%) are achieved. In addition, the antenna yielded a broadside CP radiation with a high gain average about 7.5 dBic. Experimental results are in good agreement with the simulated ones.

scholarly journals Compact Broadband Circularly Polarized CPW-Fed Antenna with Characteristic Mode Analysis

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Wei Xu ◽  
Jingchang Nan ◽  
Mingming Gao
Keyword(s):  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Characteristic Mode ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Compact Size

A compact circularly polarized (CP) antenna is proposed for low-profile and wideband operation based on characteristic mode analysis (CMA). A ring patch with a gap and two arc-shaped metallic stubs as the radiator is analyzed and optimized by CMA to figure out the orthogonal modes and operating frequency band for potential good axial ratio (AR) performance. The studies of these CP modes provide a physical insight into the property of broadband circular polarization. Such an in-depth understanding paves the way for the proposal of novel CP antenna with separation between the design of radiator and feeding network. A 50-Ω coplanar waveguide (CPW) is introduced and placed appropriately to excite the desired modes based on the information from CMA, which employs two asymmetric ground planes to improve the performance in terms of AR and impedance matching. The antenna with a compact size of 0.71λ0 × 0.76λ0 × 0.038λ0 (λ0 is the free-space wavelength at the center frequency of the 3-dB AR bandwidth) is fabricated and measured for validation. The realized gain varies from 1.6 to 3.1 dBic over the operating bandwidth characterized by the measured 10-dB impedance bandwidth of 83.8% (3.98–9.72 GHz) and 3-dB AR bandwidth of 70.3% (4.59–9.57 GHz), respectively.

A low-profile wideband circularly polarized MIMO antenna with pattern and polarization diversity

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 316-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prashant Chaudhary ◽  
Ashwani Kumar ◽  
B. K. Kanaujia
Keyword(s):  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Polarization Diversity ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Mimo Antenna ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
X Band ◽  
Monopole Antennas ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Linearly Polarized

AbstractThe present work describes a unique planar low-profile wideband circularly polarized Multiple-Input and Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna operating in the X-band, with pattern and polarization diversity over the entire axial-ratio bandwidth (ARBW). The design is unique in the sense that a simple grounded stub introduced between two linearly polarized monopole antennas has been used to realize wideband circular polarization, pattern diversity, and high isolation between antennas. The ARBW of the MIMO antenna is 2.45 GHz (8.11–10.56) 3 dB and its impedance matching bandwidth is 3.52 GHz (8.07–11.59). The isolation is better than 20 dB. The antenna can be easily adapted to operate other frequency bands by simple frequency scaling. It has been fabricated on an FR-4 substrate and its performance has been compared against several existing available antennas.

Novel High-Gain Circularly Polarized Lens Antenna Using Single-Layer Transmissive Metasurface

Frequenz ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 71 (5-6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaqiang Zhuang ◽  
Guangming Wang ◽  
Haipeng Li ◽  
Wenlong Guo
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Layer Structure ◽  
Single Layer ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
High Gain ◽  
Attractive Alternative ◽  
Lens Antenna ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Low Profile

AbstractA high-gain lens antenna employing single-layer focusing metasurface (MS) is proposed in this article. The single-layer element achieves a 360° transmission phase range with a transmission magnitude better than 0.9. And the focusing MS consists of 169 elements was designed by utilizing the technique of varying rotation angle to compensate the phase delay. Thus, a lens antenna is constructed by placing a circularly polarized (CP) patch antenna at the focal point of the MS. The fabricated lens antenna demonstrates a good performance of 4.6 % 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth and 6 % 1-dB gain bandwidth, respectively. Moreover, the maximum gain is 18.3 dBic at 15 GHz, which is enhanced by 11.4 dBic compared with the patch antenna. Due to the single-layer structure, this design has a low profile and easy fabrication process compared with the conventional designs, making it an attractive alternative to compact high-gain antenna.

A Broadband Circularly Polarized Cross-slotted Patch Antenna with Horizontal Meandered Strip (HMS)

Frequenz ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 191-199
Author(s):  
M. K. Verma ◽  
Binod K. Kanaujia ◽  
J. P. Saini ◽  
Padam S. Saini
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Impedance Matching ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Radiation Patterns ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Feeding Technique

AbstractA broadband circularly polarized slotted square patch antenna with horizontal meandered strip (HMS) is presented and studied. The HMS feeding technique provides the good impedance matching and broadside symmetrical radiation patterns. A set of cross asymmetrical slots are etched on the radiating patch to realize the circular polarization. An electrically small stub is added on the edge of the antenna for further improvement in performance. Measured 10-dB impedance bandwidth (IBW) and 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of the proposed antenna are 32.31 % (3.14–4.35 GHz) and 20.91 % (3.34–4.12 GHz), respectively. The gain of the antenna is varied from 3.5 to 4.86dBi within 3-dB ARBW. Measured results matched well with the simulated results.

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