Realization of Low Scattering for a High-Gain Fabry–Perot Antenna Using Coding Metasurface
- 3 May 2017
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Vol. 65 (7), 3374-3383
- https://doi.org/10.1109/tap.2017.2700874
Abstract
We present a novel method to design a conventional Fabry-Perot (F-P) antenna but with low scattering. Combining a coding metasurface and an F-P antenna together could effectively reduce the scattering and keep high gain simultaneously. The coding element consists of two layers of square metallic patches printed on both sides of a dielectric substrate. The bottom metallic patch helps form a partially reflecting surface (PRS) for the F-P antenna, while the upper metallic patch is utilized to construct the coding metasurface with an optimized coding sequence, aiming to reduce the scattering of the F-P antenna by redirecting electromagnetic energies in all directions. Based on the specially designed coding metasurface, a good scattering reduction without degrading the radiation performance of the F-P antenna is achieved. Both simulated and experimental results demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed antenna, with a peak measured gain of 19.8 dBi and a significant scattering reduction in the frequency range of 8-12 GHz.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (61571117, 61501117, 61631007)
- National Instrumentation Program (2013YQ200647)
- 111 Project (111-2-05)
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