A Dual-polarized Reflectarray Antenna for High-speed Ka-band Satellite Communications

Authors

  • Ahmet Hulusi Gülseren Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın 09010, Türkiye
  • Selda Yılmaz Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Yildiz Technical University, İstanbul 34220, Türkiye
  • Aytaç Alparslan Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Türkiye
  • Nurhan Türker Tokan Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Yildiz Technical University, İstanbul 34220, Türkiye

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2024.ACES.J.390902

Keywords:

Antennas, reflectarrays, satellite communication

Abstract

A small-sized reflectarray antenna array with compact production specifications is designed and fabricated for high-speed Ka-band communication systems. In the design phase, firstly, the reflection characteristics of unit cells used in the reflective surface are obtained by the full wave computational analysis tool, CST Microwave Studio. Secondly, an aperture efficiency analysis is carried out to determine the physical size of the reflectarray and the distances between the feeding antenna and the individual unit cells. Then, the entire reflectarray antenna is analyzed by array theory to obtain geometrical dimensions to be used in the fabrication phase. These results are verified by CST Microwave Studio and similar fabrication guidelines are obtained for both TE and TM polarizations. In the fabrication phase, the carefully tailored design parameters of the unit cells are used to build the antenna and measure important parameters such as radiation patterns, gain, cross polarization levels and S11 parameters, which agree with the results obtained in the design phase. The proposed reflectarray antenna makes it possible to support dual-polarized multi-beams in the range 18-20 GHz with stable gain behavior, which makes it possible to use it in high speed 5G satellite communication systems.

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Author Biographies

Ahmet Hulusi Gülseren, Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın 09010, Türkiye

Ahmet Hulusi Gülseren received the B.S degree, M.S degree and Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Yildiz Technical University (YTU), Istanbul, Turkey, in 2014, 2018 and 2024 respectively. In 2016, he joined the faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın, Türkiye, where he is currently research assistant. His research interests include antennas, metamaterials and microwave circuits.

Selda Yılmaz, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Yildiz Technical University, İstanbul 34220, Türkiye

Selda Yilmaz was born in 1994. She received the B.S. and M.S. degrees from the Yildiz Technical University, in Istanbul, in 2016 and in 2023, both in Electronic and Communication Engineering. Her research interest is antenna communication.

Aytaç Alparslan, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Türkiye

Aytaç Alparslan received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical and Electronic Engineering from Koç University, İstanbul, Türkiye, in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in Information Technology and Electrical Engineering from ETH Zürich in 2013. From 2013 to 2014, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Electromagnetic Fields at ETH Zürich. In 2014, he joined the faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department of Trakya University, Edirne, Türkiye, where he is currently an associate professor. His research interests include computational electromagnetics, metamaterials, layered media and plasmonics.

Nurhan Türker Tokan, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering Yildiz Technical University, İstanbul 34220, Türkiye

Nurhan Türker Tokan received her B.Sc. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Kocaeli University in 2002 and her M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Communication Engineering from Yildiz Technical University (YTU), Istanbul, Turkey, in 2004 and 2009, respectively. From May 2003 to May 2009, she worked as a research assistant in the Electromagnetic Fields and Microwave Technique Section of the Electronics and Comm. Eng. Dept. of YTU, Istanbul, Turkey. Between May 2009 and April 2015, she worked as an assistant professor and between April 2015 and August 2021, she worked as an associate professor in the Electronics and Comm. Eng. Dept. of YTU. Since August 2020, she has been working as a professor at the same department. From October 2011 to October 2012, she was Postdoctoral researcher in the EEMCS Department of Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands. From October 2012 to May 2013, she was a Postdoctoral Fellow supported by European Science Foundation at the Institute of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETR), University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France. She is the author or coauthor of more than 50 papers published in peer-reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. Her current research interests are analysis and design of antennas with emphasis on dielectric lens antennas and wideband antennas, microwave circuits and intelligent systems.

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2024-09-30

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A. H. . Gülseren, S. . Yılmaz, A. . Alparslan, and N. T. . Tokan, “A Dual-polarized Reflectarray Antenna for High-speed Ka-band Satellite Communications”, ACES Journal, vol. 39, no. 09, pp. 762–772, Sep. 2024.

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2024: Vol 39 Iss 9

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