期刊
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION
卷 69, 期 1, 页码 296-301出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2020.3010801
关键词
Coding metasurface; multibeam antenna; pattern reconfigurable; planar reflector
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [61901508]
- National Key Research and Development Program of China [2017YFA0700201]
This article introduces a method for designing programmable coding metasurfaces with reconfigurable number of reflected beams. By programming bias voltages, the number and directions of reflected beams can be tailored. Experimental results show that the number of reflected beams of such metasurfaces can be reconfigured between 1 and 5.
In this article, we propose a method of designing programmable coding metasurface with a reconfigurable number of reflected beams. Each unit cell of the metasurface is loaded with one varactor to enable adjustable phase responses. The bias, beneath the ground drilled with small holes, is connected to unit cells by a thin via through the holes, to avoid adverse influences on unit cells. To simplify the bias network, a super unit composed of 5 x 5 unit cells is taken as the coding element of realizing 2-D coding sequences. With different bias voltages, the unit cell will produce different reflection phases. By programming the bias voltages, the number and directions of reflected beams can be tailored due to different coding sequences. Under normal incident, reflected waves will be split into multiple beams whose directions can be flexibly controlled. We designed a prototype, implemented our design, and carried out experiments. Both the simulation and experiment results show that the number of reflected beams can be reconfigured between 1 and 5. Reflect beam number reconfigurability of such metasurfaces can be readily used as planar reflector of antennas and may find applications in wireless communications.
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