Characteristic mode-based compact circularly polarized metasurface antenna for in-band RCS reduction

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-137
Author(s):  
Puneeth Kumar Rajanna ◽  
Karthik Rudramuni ◽  
Krishnamoorthy Kandasamy
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Characteristic Mode ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Full Wave Analysis

AbstractThis paper presents a novel design of a low profile circularly polarized (CP) metasurface (MTS) antenna with in-band radar cross-section (RCS) reduction property. The MTS is loaded as a superstrate on slot antenna and it can be viewed as a polarization-dependent MTS (PDMTS). The rectangular patch-based PDMTS is analyzed using characteristic mode analysis to find two orthogonal degenerate modes, which produces CP waves. Linearly polarized slot antenna is used to excite the PDMTS. The performance of PDMTS loaded slot antenna is analyzed numerically using full-wave analysis method. The PDMTS CP antenna is fabricated and its performance is tested experimentally. The proposed antenna has a compact structure and it has an overall size of $0.52{\lambda _0}\times 0.52{\lambda _0} \times 0.078{\lambda _0}$ (where ${\lambda _0}$ is the free space wavelength). The measured results show that the PDMTS antenna achieves $-10\,{\rm dB}$ impedance bandwidth of 29.41$\%$, 3-dB axial ratio bandwidth of 9.05$\%$, broadside gain of 6.34 dB, and monostatic RCS reduction of $-30.2\,{\rm dBsm}$ at the resonant frequency of 5.86 GHz. The simulated results are in well agreement with the measured results and it is well suited for C-band Radar and Satellite communication.

Slot loaded EBG-based metasurface for performance improvement of circularly polarized antenna for WiMAX applications

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 212-220 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alka Verma ◽  
Anil Kumar Singh ◽  
Neelam Srivastava ◽  
Shilpee Patil ◽  
Binod Kumar Kanaujia
Keyword(s):  
Performance Improvement ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Feed Line ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Good Agreement

AbstractIn this paper, an electromagnetic band gap (EBG) metasurface (MS) superstrate-based circularly polarized antenna for the WiMAX (3.5 GHz) band is proposed. The proposed structure comprises a 2 × 2 slot-loaded rectangular patch MS array that can be perceived as a polarization-dependent EBG MS superstrate. Furthermore, to achieve circular polarization, the proposed antenna has an inclined coupling slot onto the ground with a conventional coplanar waveguide feed line. The proposed antenna has a compact structure with a low profile of 0.037λ0 (λ0 stands for the free-space wavelength at 3.48 GHz) and a ground size of 30 × 30 mm2. The measured results show that the −10 dB impedance bandwidth for the proposed antenna is 34.6% and the 3-dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth is 6.8% with a peak gain of 3.91 dBi in the desired operating band. Good agreement between the simulated and the measured results verifies the performance of the proposed antenna.

scholarly journals A Low-Profile Wideband Linear-to-Circular Polarization Conversion Slot Antenna Using Metasurface

Materials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 1164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Dong ◽  
Chang Ding ◽  
Jinjun Mo
Keyword(s):  
Circular Polarization ◽  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Polarization Conversion ◽  
Compact Structure ◽  
Low Profile ◽  
Unit Cells ◽  
Linearly Polarized

A new low-profile wideband linear-to-circular polarization conversion microstrip slot antenna based on a metasurface for C-band satellite communication applications is proposed in this paper. The metasurface basically consists of four unit cells with parasitic square cross gaps arranged in a 2 × 2 layout. By loading the metasurface on the microstrip slot antenna, linearly polarized (LP) waves from the source antenna are converted into circularly polarized (CP) waves. Then, by etching three more parasitic square cross gaps in the middle of the metasurface, enhanced impedance bandwidth and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) are achieved. Furthermore, an equivalent circuit and a phase analysis are presented to explain how a wide ARBW is realized by the metasurface. A final model with an overall size of 36 × 36 × 3.5 mm3 (approximately 0.65λ0 × 0.65λ0 × 0.06λ0 at 5.5 GHz) was designed and fabricated. The measured S11 bandwidth and 3 dB ARBW were 39.25% from 4.28 GHz to 6.37 GHz and 17.77% from 5.18 GHz to 6.19 GHz, respectively. As a result, the proposed antenna shows great potential for satellite communication applications due to its low profile and compact structure, wide impedance bandwidth, and wide axial ratio bandwidth.

scholarly journals Near-Field HF-RFID and CMA-Based Circularly Polarized Far-Field UHF-RFID Integrated Tag Antenna

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Arnon Sakonkanapong ◽  
Chuwong Phongcharoenpanich
Keyword(s):  
Near Field ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Dual Band ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Far Field ◽  
Uhf Rfid ◽  
Characteristic Mode ◽  
Rfid Tag ◽  
Circularly Polarized

This research proposes an integrated high-frequency (HF) and ultrahigh-frequency (UHF) passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag antenna for near-field (13.56 MHz) and far-field (920–925 MHz) communication. This tag antenna is advantageous for the applications with lossy material in the near-field communication and mitigates polarization loss in the far-field communications. The HF-RFID tag antenna is of square spiral structure, and the circularly polarized UHF-RFID structure consists of a square loop radiator with cascading loop feeding and shorted stub. The structure of HF-RFID tag antenna situated inside the circularly polarized UHF-RFID tag can avoid the significant effect of the near-field magnetic coupling from the square loop. The UHF-RFID tag antenna is realized by using characteristic mode analysis for wideband circular polarization. The HF-RFID structure is conjugate-matched with NXP NT3H2111 chip, and the UHF-RFID structure is conjugate-matched with NXP G2X chip. Simulations were carried out, and an antenna prototype was fabricated. The experimental results reveal that the radiation pattern of UHF-RFID tag antenna is bidirectional with a gain of 0.31 dBic. The impedance bandwidth covers the frequency range of 903–944 MHz, and the axial ratio in boresight direction at 922.5 MHz is 1.67 dB, with the axial ratio bandwidth over 863–938 MHz. The maximum near-field and far-field reading ranges are 4.9 cm and 8.7 m. The proposed integrated dual-band passive tag antenna is operationally ideal for HF-RFID and UHF-RFID applications.

scholarly journals A Wideband Circularly Polarized Antenna with Characteristic Mode Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Lei Chang ◽  
Ling-Lu Chen ◽  
Jian-Qiang Zhang ◽  
Dan Li
Keyword(s):  
Microstrip Line ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Mode Analysis ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Split Ring ◽  
Characteristic Mode ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Mode Method ◽  
Operating Bandwidth

A wideband circularly polarized (CP) antenna is presented to achieve enhanced impedance, axial ratio (AR), and gain bandwidths. The antenna consists of two circular patches, a split-ring microstrip line with six probes, and a circular ground plane. By using these six probes which are placed in sequence on the split-ring microstrip line, the operating bandwidth of the proposed antenna is increased. The characteristic mode method is used to analyze different modes of the antenna and reveal the mechanism of extending the 3-dB AR bandwidth. Measured results show that the proposed antenna obtains an impedance bandwidth of 1.486–2.236 GHz (40.3%) for S11 ≤ −18 dB, a 3-dB AR bandwidth of 1.6–2.2 GHz (31.6%), and a boresight gain of 8.89 ± 0.87 dBic.

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.

Bilayer split-ring chiral metamaterial based reconfigurable antenna for polarization conversion

Frequenz ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Preet Kaur ◽  
Pravin R. Prajapati
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Center Frequency ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Split Ring ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Left Hand ◽  
Rectangular Patch ◽  
Mode 2 ◽  
Chiral Metamaterial

Abstract A bilayer split-ring chiral metamaterial converts the linearly polarized wave, into a nearly perfect left or right-handed circularly polarized wave. The proposed antenna is intended to operate at center frequency of 5.80 GHz with switchable polarization capability. The polarization re-configurability is achieved by electronically switching of two PIN-diode pairs, which are embedded into bilayer split-ring Chiral Metamaterial. The optimized length of rectangular patch is 16 mm and width is 12.1 mm. Two types of radiation characteristics offered by the proposed antenna; left hand circularly polarized in mode 1 and right hand circularly polarized in mode 2. Measured results show that its impedance bandwidth is 155 MHz from 5.70 to 5.855 GHz for both mode 1 and mode 2. The measured axial-ratio bandwidth is 100 MHz from 5.75 to 5.85 GHz for mode 1 and 110 MHz from 5.73 to 5.84 GHz for mode 2. Antenna has LHCP gain of 2.52 dBi and RHCP gain of −23 dBi in mode 1. RHCP gain of 2 dBi and polarization purity of about −20 dBi is obtained in mode 2. The proposed antenna has simple structure, low cost and it has potential application in field of wireless communication (i.e., WiMax, WLAN etc.).

A Novel Design on Broadband Circularly Polarized Slot Antenna

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 3103-3106
Author(s):  
Li Zhu ◽  
Xiang Jun Gao ◽  
Guo Cheng Wu ◽  
Guang Ming Wang
Keyword(s):  
Conference Proceedings ◽  
Photonic Bandgap ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Novel Design

In this paper, a novel broadband circularly polarized (CP) slot antenna is proposed and fabricated, in which the perturbation configuration with two quarter annular rings fabricated cornerways in the square slot is designed and a simple Photonic-bandgap (PBG) structure is employed. Through simulating and testing, the broad impedance bandwidth of 81.5%(VSWR<2.0) and the 3dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 48.2% are achieved respectively. This slot antenna will be widely utilized in communication field. These instructions give you basic guidelines for preparing papers for conference proceedings.

Circularly Polarized Rectangular Microstrip Patch Antenna with Finite Ground Plane

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Sanyog Rawat ◽  
Kamlesh Kumar Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Patch Antenna ◽  
Return Loss ◽  
Ground Plane ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Microstrip Patch Antenna ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Microstrip Patch ◽  
Rectangular Patch

<p class="Abstract"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In this paper a new geometry of patch antenna is proposed with improved bandwidth and circular polarization. The radiation performance of circularly polarized rectangular patch antenna is investigated by applying IE3D simulation software and its performance is compared with that of conventional rectangular patch antenna.</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">Finite Ground truncation technique is used to obtain the desired results. The simulated return loss, axial ratio and smith chart with frequency for the proposed antenna is reported in this paper. It is shown that by selecting suitable ground-plane dimensions, air gap and location of the slits, the impedance bandwidth can be enhanced upto 10.15 % as compared to conventional rectangular patch (4.24%) with an axial ratio bandwidth of 4.05%.</span></p><p> </p><p> </p>

A Compact CPW Fed Wideband Slot Antenna for Wireless Communications

2020 ◽  
pp. 2050184
Author(s):  
Amrita Gorai ◽  
Bappadittya Roy ◽  
G. K. Mahanti
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Communications ◽  
Coplanar Waveguide ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Slot Antenna ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Fractional Bandwidth ◽  
Ieee 802.11A ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
Wireless Applications ◽  
Simulation Results

A compact circularly polarized CPW-fed slot antenna is proposed here. The antenna consists of a pentagonal patch within an asymmetrical slot with a single coplanar waveguide feed. The proposed antenna is excited with CPW feed mechanism and investigated experimentally. The structure is fabricated on FR4 epoxy substrate with a permittivity of 4.4. The impedance bandwidth of 10[Formula: see text]GHz (4[Formula: see text]GHz to 14[Formula: see text]GHz) and the axial ratio bandwidth of 1.2[Formula: see text]GHz with the corresponding fractional bandwidth of 113%. The simulation results fulfil the bandwidth requirements of IEEE 802.11a (5.15–5.35[Formula: see text]GHz/5.47–5.725[Formula: see text]GHz) for wireless applications. In terms of bandwidth, compactness and circular polarization comparable results between simulated and measured results clearly show the validity of the proposed structure.

scholarly journals A Wide-Band Circularly Polarized Wide-Gap Antenna Loaded with a Y-Shaped Metal Strip for L-Band Application

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Ying Kang ◽  
Shu Lin ◽  
Hua Zong ◽  
Zhi-Hua Zhao ◽  
Xue-Ying Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Satellite Communication ◽  
Axial Ratio ◽  
Wide Band ◽  
Metal Strip ◽  
Impedance Bandwidth ◽  
Circularly Polarized ◽  
L Band ◽  
Circularly Polarized Radiation ◽  
Wide Gap ◽  
Polarized Radiation

A wide-band circularly polarized wide-gap antenna loaded with a Y-shaped metal strip applied to L-band is proposed in this paper. The Y-shaped metal strip coupling motivates the wide gap to achieve wide-band circularly polarized radiation. Both the simulated results by CST Microwave Studio and the measured results indicate that the antenna impedance bandwidth (reflection coefficient less than −10 dB) and axial ratio bandwidth (AR < 3 dB) are 35.9% (1.1–1.71 GHz). The antenna produces a dual circularly polarized radiation with gain of 0.8–3.2 dBic. The equivalent current array model of the antenna is also presented, which well explains the radiation characteristics of the antenna. The introduction of the metal reflecting plate makes the antenna a directional one, whose gain is above 4 dBic within the band. This design enables the satellite communication for most frequency bands with high gain, which has a vast potential for future development.

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