Gain-enhanced and Mechanical Reconfigurable Slot Antenna with Metasurface

Authors

  • Xueyan Song School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China
  • Ang Dong School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China
  • Xuping Li School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China
  • Yunqi Zhang School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China
  • Haoyuan Lin School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China
  • Yapeng Li School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China
  • Hailong Yang School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/2023.ACES.J.380807

Keywords:

Metasurface, reconfigurable performance, slot antenna, wideband

Abstract

A novel wideband slot antenna with metasurface is presented. In order to achieve broadband, high-gain, and mechanical reconfigurable performance, a metasurface is adopted and combined with a new-type planar slot antenna The antenna and metasurface are designed on F4B substrate, and the overall dimension of the antenna is 1.48λ0×1.48λ0×0.2λ0 (λ0 is the free space wavelength at center frequency). Different from the traditional square metasurface, a structure with different properties in the x and y directions is utilized in the proposed antenna, which can be reconstructed by adjusting the relative position between the slot antenna and the metasurface. By introducing the metasurface, the maximum gain of the whole antenna is improved. The antenna works in two states with respect to the two locations of the metasurface. The impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna in state A is from 5.49 to 9.40 GHz (52.5%), and the impedance bandwidth of the proposed antenna in state B is from 5.83 to 6.01 GHz (3%) and 7.05 to 9.62 GHz (30.8%). The gain of the whole antenna in both states is higher than that of the original slot antenna (without metasurface), and the maximum gain is 9.1 dBi.

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Author Biographies

Xueyan Song, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Xueyan Song was born in Henan Province, China, 1989. She received the B.E. degree in electronic and information engineering from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2012. She received the Ph.D. degree from Xidian University, Xi’an, China, in 2018. She joined the School of Electronic Engineering, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2018. Her research interests include artificial magnetic conductors, low RCS antennas, low-profile antennas, frequency selective surfaces, and reflector antennas.

Ang Dong, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Ang Dong was born in Hebei, China, in 1999. He is currently pursuing a Master of Engineering degree in the School of Electronic Engineering, Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications. His current research interests include metasurface, microstrip antennas.

Xuping Li, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Xuping Li was born in Xi’an, Shanxi, China in 1981. He received the Ph.D. degree in electromagnetic field and microwave from the Xidian University, Xi’an, China in 2015. In January 2019, he was transferred to Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications as the leader of the phased array antenna technology research team. The principal focus of his research program is the development of phased array antennas.

Yunqi Zhang, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Yunqi Zhang was born in BaoTou, Inner Mongolia, China, in 1986. He received the Ph.D. degree from Xidian University, Xi’an, China in 2015. He is currently working in the Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications. His research interests include GPS antennas, CP antennas, omnidirectional antennas, and antenna array designs.

Haoyuan Lin, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Haoyuan Lin was born in Shandong, China, in 2003. He is currently pursuing a B.E. degree in the school of Electronic Engineering from Xian University of Posts and Telecommunications. His current research interests include circuits, microwave, antennas.

Yapeng Li, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Yapeng Li received the Doctor’s degree from Xidian University in 2020. He is currently an associate professor with the School of Electric Engineering, Xi’an University of Post and Telecommunications. His research interests include filtering antennas, wideband antennas, dual-polarized antennas and circular polarized antennas.

Hailong Yang, School of Electronic Engineering Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, Xi’an, 710121, China

Hailong Yang received the B.S. in communicating engineering from Heze University, Heze, China, in 2012, M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in communicating engineering from Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China, in 2015 and 2019. He joined the faculty of Electronic Engineering Department, Xi’an University of Posts&Telecommunications, in 2019. His research interests include wave propagation and antenna design.

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Published

2023-08-31

How to Cite

[1]
X. . Song, “Gain-enhanced and Mechanical Reconfigurable Slot Antenna with Metasurface”, ACES Journal, vol. 38, no. 08, pp. 602–608, Aug. 2023.

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2023: Vol 38 Iss 8

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