一种透射型线-圆极化转换超表面的设计及应用

提出了一种单对角线开缝的方形单元构成的透射型极化旋转超表面,并将其应用于宽带圆极化微带缝隙天线的设计中。采用等效电路法分析了超表面实现线-圆极化转换的工作机制,并对天线圆极化带宽的影响因素进行了参数扫描。仿真结果表明:加载超表面使线极化微带缝隙天线产生了圆极化辐射;同时,扩展了天线的阻抗带宽。天线相对阻抗带宽达到了33.2%,3 dB轴比带宽达到了19.5%,在阻抗带宽内天线增益均高于6.8 dBi,证实了新型超表面结构具有良好的极化旋转特性。     

低剖面极化可重构超表面天线

提出了一种低剖面极化可重构超表面天线. 天线由三部分组成:3×4金属矩形贴片阵列组成的超表面覆层、缝隙耦合天线和直流偏置控制电路. 电路包括8个PIN二极管开关组成的四对开关（PIN1,PIN2,PIN3和PIN4）和直流偏置线,通过控制上述四对PIN开关的工作状态,天线可以在线极化、左旋圆极化和右旋圆极化三种极化状态之间转换. 对天线样机进行了加工并给出了实测反射系数、实际增益、轴比和归一化辐射方向图,结果表明:天线在不同工作状态下的共享工作频带为4～5.4 GHz,?10 dB阻抗带宽为29.8%;3 dB轴比带宽为8.3%,从4.6～5 GHz;各状态下的实测增益相差不大,其平均增益都大于5 dBi. 仿真结果与实测结果吻合良好.     

一种非谐振宽带高增益部分反射面天线

介绍一种非谐振的宽带高增益部分反射面天线。该天线由一个线-圆极化转换超表面、一个宽带耦合馈电天线和金属地组成。部分反射面和金属地板构成的腔体处于非谐振状态,通过旋转部分反射面上层的圆极化贴片对泄露的电磁波进行相位校正,可实现高增益和宽带圆极化的性能。仿真结果表明,天线3 dB轴比带宽和3 dB增益带宽分别为10.37～13.52 GHz(26.37%),11.21～12.99 GHz(14.71%),同时,天线在12.4 GHz实现20.23 dBic的峰值增益,口径效率为34.11%。     

容性加载的宽带紧凑型圆极化超表面天线

针对当前超表面圆极化天线研究中存在的尺寸大、带宽与小尺寸无法兼顾等问题,提出了一种宽带紧凑型圆极化超表面天线。该天线采用跨层容性加载技术,通过在方形超表面结构上方加载跨层寄生贴片来引入跨层电容,从而降低谐振频点,实现超表面结构的小型化。同时,这种跨层容性加载超表面结构也具有极化相关特性,将其与45°斜耦合馈电缝隙结合,能够在小尺寸下实现具有宽带特性的圆极化超表面天线。测试结果表明,该天线在辐射口径为0.4 λ₀×0.4 λ₀的情况下,-10 dB阻抗带宽为39.56%(5.82～8.69 GHz);3 dB轴比带宽可达26.98%(6.54～8.58 GHz)。该天线具有圆极化辐射性能良好、宽带、小型化和低剖面等优点,为现代宽带无线通信系统天线的实现提供了一种技术选择。     

基于超表面的低剖面宽带圆极化天线

基于超表面设计了一款低剖面、宽带、圆极化天线。天线由改进的Wilkinson功分器馈电实现宽带90°相位差,超表面单元在传统方环形单元上加载箭头结构来增加额外的等效电容,进一步改善了天线带宽和增益性能。仿真和测试结果表明,天线的阻抗带宽为36.7%(2.0 GHz-2.9 GHz),3dB轴比带宽为26.1%(2.0 GHz-2.6 GHz),保持稳定右旋圆极化辐射,峰值增益8dBic,整体天线厚度仅0.05 A。(6mm)。     

一种透射型线-圆极化转换超表面设计

提出了一种单对角线开缝的方形单元构成的透射型极化旋转超表面,并将其应用于宽带圆极化微带缝隙天线的设计中。采用等效电路法分析了超表面实现线-圆极化转换的工作机制,并对天线圆极化带宽的影响因素进行了参数扫描。仿真结果表明:加载超表面使线极化微带缝隙天线产生了圆极化辐射,同时扩展了天线的阻抗带宽。天线相对阻抗带宽达到了33.2%,3 d B轴比带宽达到了19.5%,在阻抗带宽内天线增益均高于6.8 d Bi,表明新型超表面结构具有良好的线-圆极化转换特性。     

一种寄生阵列宽带圆极化天线的设计

该文设计了一款C波段单馈寄生阵列的宽带圆极化天线。此天线采用紧邻的双层F4B介质基板,通过在方形驱动贴片上开槽及采用寄生阵列的设计实现了圆极化。对天线结构的设计步骤进行说明,研究了各结构对天线阻抗带宽和轴比带宽的影响,并研究了寄生贴片切角长度和驱动贴片上的缝隙宽度对天线轴比和带宽的影响。对天线的圆极化方向图进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,在5.5 GHz时实现了右旋圆极化,最大增益为8.1 dBi。加工并测试了宽带圆极化天线,测试结果与仿真结果基本相符,天线实测的阻抗带宽为1.3 GHz,轴比带宽为1.26 GHz。设计的叠层天线具有结构紧凑,装配简单和轴比带宽大的优点。     

一种新颖的宽带圆极化单极天线

该文设计了一种新颖的宽带圆极化单极子天线,该天线采用微带馈电模式。天线由C型贴片和改进的地板组成,整个天线尺寸仅为25×25×1 mm3。通过在C型贴片上切角和在地板上增加三角形微扰结构,可以有效增加天线的阻抗带宽和轴比带宽。该文给出了天线的设计流程,从表面电流分布分析了圆极化天线的工作机理。加工了天线实物,并对其进行了测量。仿真和实测结果表明天线具有超宽的阻抗带宽和轴比带宽。天线的工作频带为4.35～12 GHz(相对带宽为93.6%),3 dB轴比带宽为4.15～11.8 GHz(相对带宽为95.9%)。测量了天线的辐射性能和增益特性,实测结果与仿真结果吻合较好,证明了该天线的有效性。该天线可以应用于超宽带无线通信系统和卫星通信系统中。     

X波段圆极化透射阵天线

设计了一种具有极化转换功能的圆极化透射阵天线单元。该单元具有3层结构,包括线极化接收贴片、地板和圆极化辐射贴片,通过旋转圆极化辐射贴片来实现相位补偿。采用该单元设计了一种具有极化转换功能的圆极化透射阵天线,并对其进行了仿真。仿真结果表明,在10 GHz处天线的增益和口径效率达到最高,分别为24 dBi和31%,天线的3 dB增益带宽为9%(9.6～10.5 GHz)。与一般的透射阵天线相比,该透射阵的焦径比仅为0.33,具有剖面低的优点。对该天线进行了加工和测试,测试结果与仿真结果基本吻合。     

基于超表面的圆极化印刷偶极子天线研究

利用一种以双头箭头作为结构单元的反射型极化旋转超表面,设计了圆极化的印刷偶极子天线。通过将该超表面加载在普通印刷偶极子天线的下方,使线极化的偶极子天线辐射圆极化波。测试表明,天线的圆极化工作带宽为6.96 GHz到7.13 GHz。在7.04 GHz处,垂直方向上的轴比达到约1 d B。该天线有着较好的圆极化效果,并且实现了低剖面以及小型化。     

A Reconfigurable High-Gain Partially Reflecting Surface Antenna

A high-gain partially reflective surface (PRS) antenna with a reconfigurable operating frequency is presented. The operating frequency is electronically tuned by incorporating an array of phase agile reflection cells on a thin substrate above the ground plane of the resonator antenna, where the reflection phase of each cell is controlled by the bias voltage applied to a pair of varactor diodes. The new configuration enables continuous tuning of the antenna from 5.2 GHz to 5.95 GHz using commercially available varactor diodes, thus covering frequencies typically used for WLAN applications. Both the PRS and phase agile cell are analyzed, and theoretical and measured results for gain, tuning range, and radiation patterns of the reconfigurable antenna are described. The effect of the varactor diode series resistance on the performance of the antenna is also reported.      

A novel broadband circularly polarised monopole antenna

A novel broadband circularly polarised (CP) monopole antenna is designed and implemented in this article. The antenna consists of a radiating patch that is composed of an annular-ring linked by a square ring over the corner and a modified ground plane. The broadband property is achieved based on a novel monopole structure that is connected by two perturbed loops, so the CP wave is generated due to the perturbation. Besides, by cutting a rectangular slit and embedding a vertical stub on the ground plane, the impedance and axial-ratio (AR) bandwidths can be greatly enhanced. The measured results reveal that the proposed monopole antenna has an impedance bandwidth of 4.575 GHz from 2.3 to 6.85 GHz, reaching the particularly broad bandwidth of 99.5%. Furthermore, a wide 3-dB AR bandwidth of 34.6% (1.53 GHz, 3.65–5.18 GHz) centred at 4.42 GHz is achieved. The radiation characteristics of the designed antenna are also presented.     

Reconfigurable Circularly Polarized Microstrip Antenna on a Slotted Ground

A compact square patch antenna with reconfigurable circular polarization (CP) at 2.4 GHz is proposed. Circular polarization is generated by an arc‐shaped slot on the ground plane. In order to switch the CP orientation, the current flow direction of the patch is reconfigured via the PIN diodes mounted on the slot. As the slot and bias circuit are not placed on the patch side, the proposed antenna radiates a CP wave without alteration in the main beam direction. From the experimental results, the impedance and CP bandwidths of the proposed antenna have been demonstrated for up to 80 MHz and 25 MHz, respectively.     

Design of a broadband planar cavity-backed circular patch antenna

This paper presents a design of a low-profile cavity-backed circular patch antenna for broadband applications. By using substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) based cavity and feeding mechanism, a planar cavity-backed patch antenna is realized. The proposed study demonstrates that a wide impedance bandwidth can be achieved by employing a rectangular SIW-based cavity underneath the conventional circular patch. Additionally, to generate circular polarization (CP), the patch has been reduced diagonally and shorted by a via-probe. Finally, a CP SIW-based antenna is designed and operating for a wide impedance bandwidth of 23.10% below −10 dB criteria, ranging from 9.09 GHz to 11.40 GHz and axial-ratio (AR) bandwidth of 270 MHz (10.30–10.57 GHz). The proposed design is fabricated by means of a printed circuit board (PCB) procedure. The simulated results are validated with the experimental one which agrees well with each other in the terms of S₁₁, antenna gain, AR and radiation patterns. Moreover, the proposed design exhibits unidirectional radiation characteristics with the measured peak gain of 6.6 dBic while maintaining planar integration.     

Development of wideband CPW-fed hexagon-shaped circularly polarized slot antenna for wireless-communications

A hexagonal shaped circularly polarized (CP) wideband slot antenna using multiple stubs has been proposed and investigated. A hexagonal slot is created in the ground plane with tapered sections improving the impedance matching. Two radiators are incorporated in the structure, which is responsible for generating orthogonal degenerate modes; hence, CP radiation is achieved for the proposed antenna. For enhancing the gain of antenna, one radiator is directly connected to feed line and another one embedded in the ground plane. An inverted L-shaped arm is inserted in the slot to enhance and tune the circular polarized behavior. The presented radiator have input reflection coefficient ranges from 5.67 to 8.50 GHz (39.97%) and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW) of 5.60–8.50 GHz (41.13%). The proposed antenna provides overlapping bandwidths of 5.67–8.50 GHz (39.97%) having average gains of 5.25 dBi within the entire frequency bands. The presented antenna is exceptionally good for the application of mobile and satellite communications.     

E-shaped patch with reactive impedance surface for high gain and broadband circularly polarized antenna

A low-profile circularly polarized (CP) antenna with high gain and broad bandwidth is aimed at 5-GHz Wi-Fi applications using a symmetrical E-shaped patch. Initially, the radiating element is modeled as a symmetrical E-shape. An array of 4 × 4 rectangular patches are arranged periodically to make up a reactive impedance surface (RIS) structure. Furthermore, the RIS structure is deployed in the middle of a symmetrical E-shaped radiating patch and a perfect electric conductor (PEC) ground plane. As a result, the broadband CP is achieved with high gain. The above-mentioned combinations have achieved a −10-dB reflection coefficient bandwidth of 21.4% (4.92–6.1 GHz) and a 3-dB axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 15.5% (5.25–6.1 GHz), and the antenna has attained a gain of 7.45–7.53 dBic.     

A novel wideband and circularly polarized cross‐dipole antenna

In this paper, we present a novel wideband circularly polarized (CP) composite, called cavity‐backed crossed dipole antenna for 2.45 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band wireless communication. To excite the CP radiation effectively, a curved‐delay line providing an orthogonal phase difference among the cross‐dipole elements is attached at corners of the sequentially rotated elements. By choosing a proper radius of the curved‐delay line, a wide input impedance of the antenna can be realized. Unlike conventional cross‐dipole antennas, the proposed cross‐dipole antenna is designed with an open stub added to the radiating arms of the dipole so that both impedance and axial ratio bandwidths are enhanced. The antenna is center‐fed by a 50‐Ω coaxial cable and is placed above a cavity‐backed reflector to obtain a directional CP radiation pattern. With the advantage of being center‐fed, a symmetric CP radiation pattern can be achieved across the entire operating bandwidth. To further improve the directivity and the radiation pattern, a rectangular cavity‐backed reflector is used. Simulated and measured results confirm that the proposed antenna has good CP characteristics. The proposed antenna obtains a broad 3‐dB axial ratio bandwidth of 49% (1.20 GHz, 1.96–3.16 GHz) and an impedance bandwidth of 67.7% (1.66 GHz, 1.69–3.35 GHz) for reflection coefficient (S₁₁) ≦ −10 dB. It also yields an average CP gain of 9.2 dBic across the operating bandwidth and a peak CP gain of 10 dBic. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

具有超宽带RCS减缩特性的天线设计

该文设计了两种人工磁导体(AMC)单元,在8～20 GHz的超宽频带内,两种AMC结构能够实现180°±37° 的反射相位差,将这两种单元组成棋盘结构时,能够实现入射电磁波的散射场相消,从而在超宽的频带内实现棋盘表面法向雷达散射截面(RCS)的显著减缩。同时,利用超表面天线的概念,设计馈电网络,将设计的AMC结构用做天线,仿真发现在9.08～10.30 GHz的范围内,天线的S₁₁小于–10 dB,可以实现天线的有效辐射。实测结果和仿真吻合较好,因此该文的棋盘结构可以实现具有RCS减缩特性的天线设计。     

Compact CPW-fed tri-band antenna with a defected ground structure for GSM,WLAN and WiMAX applications

In this paper we propose and investigate a unique compact FR4 based CPW-fed tri-band antenna for wireless applications. The antenna comprises frequency shifting strips and a defected ground structure (formed by combining of metallic strips and cutting of an L-shaped slot from the ground). The proposed antenna provides three different impedance bandwidths of 0.57, 0.98 and 1.59 GHz which are sufficient to cover the frequency band of GSM 1800/1900, WLAN 5.5/5.8 GHz and WiMAX applications. The developed antenna has a size of 17-20 mm and operates over frequency ranges 1.50–2.08, 5.25–6.23 and 9.10–10.69 GHz centered at 1.702, 5.802 and 10.102 GHz, respectively. The antenna was designed and simulated using Ansoft HFSS software. The antenna’s characteristics such as reflection coefficient, radiation pattern, impedance bandwidth and VSWR are presented.     

Ultra-Wideband Compact Circularly Polarized Antenna

In this research work, a circularly polarized (CP) monopole antenna is designed for Ultra-Wideband (UWB) applications. The CP UWB antenna is be made up of a reformed ring patch and ground plane. The slots and stubs are inserted in the ground to achieve CP in the UWB antenna. This antenna attained an Axial Ratio Bandwidth (ARBW) of 5 GHz (4.0–9.0 GHz) that lies in the UWB frequency range that is from 3.1 to 10.6 GHz. The designed antenna has a radiation efficiency of around 80% for the complete UWB frequency range. The CP UWB antenna is designed and fabricated using the FR4 with a compact size of 32?×?30?×?1.6 mm³ and with a peak gain of 6.8 dBi. Tested results are in good resembles with simulated ones.