Dispersion-engineered wideband low-profile metasurface antennas

Wei E. I. LIU; Zhi Ning CHEN; Xianming QING

doi:10.1631/FITEE.1900473

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Dispersion-engineered wideband low-profile metasurface antennas

Special Issue on Evolution and Innovation of Antenna Systems for Beyond 5G and 6G | Updated：2022-05-19

- Dispersion-engineered wideband low-profile metasurface antennas
- 基于色散可调超构表面的宽带低剖面天线研究综述
- Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering Vol. 21, Issue 1, Pages: 27-38(2020)
- Affiliations：
  
  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117583, Singapore
  Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore 138632, Singapore
- Author bio：
  
  Wei E. I. LIU, E-mail: jocieu.ustc@gmail.com
  [ "Zhi Ning CHEN, E-mail: eleczn@nus.edu.sg" ]
  [ "Xianming QING, E-mail: qingxm@i2r.a-star.edu.sg" ]
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1631/FITEE.1900473
  CLC： TN82
- Received：04 September 2019，
  
  Revised：2020-;1-;3，
  
  Published：2020-01
- Accepted：
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Wei E. I. LIU, Zhi Ning CHEN, Xianming QING. Dispersion-engineered wideband low-profile metasurface antennas[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2020, 21(1): 27-38.
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Wei E. I. LIU, Zhi Ning CHEN, Xianming QING. Dispersion-engineered wideband low-profile metasurface antennas[J]. Frontiers of Information Technology & Electronic Engineering, 2020, 21(1): 27-38. DOI： 10.1631/FITEE.1900473.

摘要

超构表面支持传播导波和表面波，并表现出新颖的色散特性。通过调控其独特的色散特性、设置特殊的边界条件以及选用合适的激励机制，低剖面的超构表面天线也能激励起多个邻近的谐振模式以实现宽带定向辐射。本文首先介绍3类典型宽带低剖面色散可调超构表面天线及其工作原理，接着详细综述色散可调超构表面天线技术的研究进展，重点讨论小型化、圆极化、波束扫描等应用设计。这种新近发展的色散可调超构表面技术，不仅能为宽带低剖面天线设计提供解决方案，更显示其在新型天线技术研发中的巨大潜力。

Abstract

A metasurface (MTS) can be characterized in terms of dispersion properties of guided waves and surface waves. By engineering the rich dispersion relations

setting particular boundary conditions

and selecting proper excitation schemes

multiple adjacent resonance modes can be excited to realize the wideband operation of low-profile MTS antennas. We introduce the operating principles of typical dispersion-engineered MTS antennas

and review the recent progress in dispersion-engineered MTS antenna technology. The miniaturization

circular polarization

beam-scanning

and other functionalities of MTS antennas are discussed. The recent development of MTS antennas has not only provided promising solutions to the wideband and low-profile antenna design but also proven great potential of MTS in developing innovative antenna technologies.

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