JOURNAL OF CHINA UNIVERSITIES OF POSTS AND TELECOM ›› 2017, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 10-15.doi: 10.1016/S1005-8885(17)60218-8

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Low-profile microwave lens antenna based on isotropic Huygens’ metasurfaces

  

  • Received:2017-03-14 Revised:2017-06-15 Online:2017-08-30 Published:2017-08-30
  • Contact: Zheng-Bin Wang E-mail:wangzb@njupt.edu.cn

Abstract: An isotropic electromagnetic (EM) lens based on Huygens’ metasurface is proposed for 28.0 GHz lens antenna design. The lens consists of a series of non-resonant and subwavelength metallic patterns etched on both sides of an ultrathin dielectric substrate. Both electric and magnetic responses are introduced to realize desired abrupt phase change and high-efficiency transmission for the secondary wavelets in the incident wavefront. Then, a substrate-integrated waveguide (SIW) fed patch antenna is combined with the lens as the primary feed to form a low-profile lens antenna system. The simulated and measured results coincide with each other, and demonstrate that the prototype realizes 8.8 dB~12.6 dB gain increment and low side-lobe levels over the bandwidth of 26.7 GHz~30.0 GHz. The novel design leads to a low-profile, light weight, and low-cost antenna solution in a wireless communication system.

Key words: microwave lens antenna, Huygens’ principle, metasurface, low-profile

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