A Low-Profile Wideband Circularly Polarized Metasurface Antenna Based on Characteristic Mode Theory

Authors

  • Shuangbing Liu 1)School of Electronic Engineering, Chaohu University, Hefei 238024, China 2)School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7419-005X
  • Lixia Yang School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China
  • Xianliang Wu School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2022.ACES.J.371101

Keywords:

Metasurface, characteristic mode analysis, low-profile, wideband, circularly polarized slot antenna

Abstract

A novel low-profile wideband circularly polarized metasurface (MTS) antenna is proposed. The characteristic mode analysis is used to investigate the operating mechanism of the MTS antenna. Then, the desired modes are chosen and excited by the annular ring slot combined with an L-shaped microstrip line. Simulation studies revealed that this type of feeding structure effectively excites the desired modes to accomplish wideband circular polarization and high-gain radiation. Experimental results show that the antenna has both the wide impedance bandwidth (IBW) and axial ratio bandwidth (ARBW), with a maximum radiation gain of 9.3 dBi and a −10 dB relative IBW and 3 dB relative ARBW of 39.8% and 30%, respectively.

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Author Biographies

Shuangbing Liu, 1)School of Electronic Engineering, Chaohu University, Hefei 238024, China 2)School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

Shuangbing Liu was born in Anqing City, Anhui Province, China, in 1982. He received a B.S. degree in physics from Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, in 2005, and an M.S. degree in Electromagnetic and Microwave Technology from Anhui University, Hefei, China, in 2008.

Since 2017, he has been an Associate Professor at the Electronic Engineering Department, Chaohu University, Hefei, China. Now, he is a Visiting Scholar in Electronic Information Engineering Department, Anhui University, Hefei, China. His current research interest is antenna theory and design in wireless communication systems.

Lixia Yang, School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

Lixia Yang was born in Enzhou, Hubei, China, in 1975. He received a B.S. degree in Physics from Hubei University, Wuhan, China, in 1997, and a Ph.D. degree in Radio Physics from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2007. Since 2010, he has been an Associate Professor at the Communication Engineering Department, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China.

From 2010 to 2011, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Electro-Science Laboratory (ESL), The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. From 2015 to 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Institute of Space Science, The University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA. From 2016 to 2019, he has been a Professor and a Ph.D. supervisor, and the Chairman of the Communication Engineering Department, Jiangsu University. Since 2020, he has been a Distinguished Professor and a Ph.D. supervisor, and the Vice Dean of the School of Electronic and Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, China. His research interests include wireless communication techniques, radio sciences, computational electromagnetics, and antenna theory and design in wireless communication systems. He is a member of the Editor Board of Radio Science Journal in China.

Xianliang Wu, School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei 230601, China

Xianliang Wu was born in Bozhou, Anhui, China, in 1955. He is a second-level Professor, a Ph.D. supervisor, and an Academic and Technological Leader of Anhui Province. He has been engaged in teaching and scientific research in electromagnetic field theory, mobile communications, electromagnetic scattering theory of complex targets, and electromagnetic field numerical calculation. He has presided over one key project and five normal projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two doctoral fund projects of the Ministry of Education, one major national basic research project, one major national scientific and technological research project, and more than 20 provincial and ministerial level, enterprises and institutions commissioned development projects. He has authored or co-authored over 200 articles, including 185 articles indexed by SCI or EI. He has also authored two books. He is a Senior Member of the Chinese Institute of Electronics.

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Published

2022-11-30

How to Cite

[1]
S. . Liu, L. . Yang, and X. . Wu, “A Low-Profile Wideband Circularly Polarized Metasurface Antenna Based on Characteristic Mode Theory”, ACES Journal, vol. 37, no. 11, pp. 1110–1117, Nov. 2022.

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2022: Vol 37 Iss 11

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