A Low-profile Wideband Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna with Metasurface

Authors

  • GuangRui Liu College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China
  • Cheng Ju College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China
  • Zijie Li College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China
  • Zhiqun Yang Shandong Institute of Space Electronic Technology Yantai, 264003, China
  • Xiaoyun Qu Shandong Institute of Space Electronic Technology Yantai, 264003, China
  • Na Liu College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China
  • Wei-hua Zong College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2024.ACES.J.391004

Keywords:

5G antenna, low-profile, metasurface (MS), pattern reconfigurable antenna, wideband antenna, WLAN antenna

Abstract

This paper presents a pattern reconfigurable antenna with low-profile and wide bandwidth. The antenna is composed of a patch layer, a metasurface (MS) layer, and a full ground plane. The radiation patch consists of a microstrip-fed square and three parasitic patches. The MS with 4×4 units is added on the top of the patch layer to improve bandwidth as well as tune radiation pattern. Ten of the MS units are available to connect with the ground plane, each of which is loaded with a PIN diode to control the shorting state, providing 12 beam states with reconfigurable beams between ±5∘ to ±15∘ both in xoz and yoz planes. The proposed antenna has been fabricated and measured. Measurement shows that the antenna has a wide impedance bandwidth of 4.02-5.72 GHz, a beam scanning range of -16∘-15∘ in xoz plane and -13∘-15∘ in yoz plane, peak gain range of 4.94-6 dBi. With a planar shape of low profile and full ground plane, the antenna design is a good candidate to be applied in wireless communication systems with conductive surface.

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Author Biographies

GuangRui Liu, College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

GuangRui Liu was born in Qingdao, Shandong, Province, China, in 1997. In 2020, he received the B.S. degree in communication engineering from Changsha University of Science & Technology, Changsha, Hunan, Province, China. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree in new-generation electronic information technology at Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. His current research interests include broadband antennas and reconfigurable antennas.

Cheng Ju, College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

Cheng Ju received the Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2015. He joined the School of Electronic Information at Qingdao University in 2017 as a lecturer. He is mainly engaged in researching DSP algorithms for space laser communication systems and FPGA implementation of DSP algorithms.

Zijie Li, College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

Zijie Li received the B.S. degree in Electromagnetic Field and Wireless Technology from the Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China, in 2021. He is currently pursuing the M.S. degree with the school of electronic information, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China. His current research interests include circularly polarized antennas, metamaterial-based antennas, and reconfigurable antennas.

Zhiqun Yang, Shandong Institute of Space Electronic Technology Yantai, 264003, China

Zhiqun Yang received the Ph.D. degree in communication and information system from Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, in 2003. He is with Shandong Institute of Space Electronic Technology, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Yantai, China, as a Senior Engineer. His research interest is signal processing and communication.

Xiaoyun Qu, Shandong Institute of Space Electronic Technology Yantai, 264003, China

Xiaoyun Qu was born in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, in 1974. She received the B.S. in applied mathematics from Yantai University, in 1996, M.S. degree in electromagnetic fields and microwave technology from Nanjing Electronics research Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, in 1990. She is with Shandong Institute of Space Electronic Technology, Yantai, China, as a Senior Engineer. Her research interest is antenna design.

Na Liu, College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

Na Liu received the Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2015. She joined the School of Electronic Information at Qingdao University in 2018 as a lecturer. She is mainly engaged in researching DSP algorithms for coherent detection systems.

Wei-hua Zong, College of Electronics and Information Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266000, China

Weihua Zong was born in Penglai City, Shandong Province, China, in 1975. She received the B.S. in applied mathematics from Yantai University, in 1997, M.S. degree in electromagnetic fields and microwave technology from Nanjing Electronics research Center, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China, in 2000, and the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic fields and microwave technology from Xidian University, Xian, Shanxi Province, China, in 2004. In 2004, she joined Qingdao University, Qingdao, Shandong Province, China as a lecture. Since 2005, she has been an Associate Professor in Qingdao University. From February 2010 to August, she was a Visiting Scholar Assistant with Electrical and Computation Engineering Department, National University of Singapore. Her research interests include antenna design and electromagnetic material measurement.

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Published

2024-10-31

How to Cite

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G. . Liu, “A Low-profile Wideband Pattern Reconfigurable Antenna with Metasurface”, ACES Journal, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 868–875, Oct. 2024.

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2024: Vol 39 Iss 10

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AM for Next Gen Wireless

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