A Passive Adaptive Metamaterial Radome based on PIN Diodes

Authors

  • Ting-Ting Ge Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • Ming-Shun Li Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • Wei Song Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • Kai-Jiang Xu Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Ke-Xin Xing Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
  • Xin-Qing Sheng Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.381201

Keywords:

Metamaterial, radome, tunable devices, wire media

Abstract

Automatic protection of EM detecting systems from unexpected high-power incidence is important to the robustness and life of a passive detecting system. In this paper, an adaptive metamaterial radome which automatically shields the receiving antenna from strong incident wave is designed. Based on standard wire medium, PIN diodes are added between adjacent wires. When the incident EM wave is weak, the diodes are in “off” state and affect little to the transmission of the wire medium. When the incident EM wave is strong enough to turn the diodes to “on” state, electric currents will be automatically formed in the diodes and the power transmitted to the antenna will be largely reduced. The adaptive transmission of the proposed radome is validated by the simulation and measurement results.

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Author Biographies

Ting-Ting Ge, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Ting-Ting Ge received her B.E. degree from North China University of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2019, and her M.S. degree from the Beijing Institute of Technology. Beijing, China, in 2022. Her current research interests include EM property analysis, and metamaterial-based antenna design.

Ming-Shun Li, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Ming-Shun Li received his B.E. degree in electronic information engineering from Dalian Maritime University in 2020 and the Master’s degree in electronic science and technology from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2023. His current research interests include wideband circularly polarized antenna design, low RCS antenna design, and electromagnetic metasurface design.

Wei Song, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Wei Song received her Bachelor’s degree from North Eastern University, Shen-yang, China, in 2002, and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK, in 2003 and 2008 respectively. She is currently an associate professor with the School of Integration Circuit and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China. She has authored or co-authored over 40 papers in refereed journals and international conferences, and has co-authored a monograph in computational electromagnetics. Her current research interests include high-performance methods in computational electromagnetics, metamaterial EM property analysis, and metamaterial-based antenna design.

Kai-Jiang Xu, Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Kai-Jiang Xu received the B.E. degree from the School of Electronic Information Engineering, Anhui University, Hefei, China, in 2011, and the Ph.D. degree in the Center for Electromagnetic Simulation, School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2018. He is currently a research assistant fellow with the Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing. His current research interests include antenna design and applied computational electromagnetics.

Ke-Xin Xing, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Ke-Xin Xing received her B.E. degree from Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, China, in 2021, and she is currently pursuing the M.S. degree at the Institute of Radio Frequency Technology and Software from Beijing Institute of Technology. Her current research interests include EM property analysis and metamaterial-based antenna design.

Xin-Qing Sheng, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Xin-Qing Sheng received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China, in 1991, 1994, and 1996, respectively. Sheng is a Chang-Jiang Professor of the School of Integration Circuit and Electronics at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Sheng has authored and co-authored over 150 papers in refereed journals, and three books: Essentials of Computational Electromagnetics (Singapore: IEEE Press-Wiley, 2012), A Brief Treatise on Computational Electromagnetics (Beijing: Science Press, 2004), and A Treatise on Electromagnetic Waves (Beijing: Science Press, 2007). Sheng authored SINOCOM, a simulation software for scattering by complex targets. His research interests include computational electromagnetics, scattering and antenna analysis, electromagnetic compatibility, and microwave imaging.

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Published

2023-12-30

How to Cite

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T.-T. Ge, M.-S. Li, W. Song, K.-J. Xu, K.-X. Xing, and X.-Q. Sheng, “A Passive Adaptive Metamaterial Radome based on PIN Diodes”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 922–928, Dec. 2023.

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2023: Vol 38 Iss 12

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