High Gain Millimeter-Wave Transmitarray Antenna Based on Asymmetric U-Shaped Metasurface Using Characteristic Mode Analysis

Abstract

An asymmetric U-shaped millimeter-wave (MMW) metasurface (MS) transmitarray (TA) antenna is proposed based on characteristic mode analysis (CMA). The CMA of U-type unit shows two modes in the required frequency band and excites these two modes with a certain phase difference, so that the transmittance of the unit in the working band is greater than 0.8. The difference of lens unit is 360° by controlling the size change of the unit, and the transmission array is designed according to the phase distribution of the array. Through optimization simulation, the total size of the lens is 92.4 × 92.4 mm2, composed of 21 × 21 components and focal ratio of 0.85. The feed source is a SIW antenna, and then, the MS converts the quasispherical wave emitted from this feed source into a plane wave. The measured results show that the peak gain at 28 GHz is 22.3 dBi, the gain bandwidth at 3 dB is 5.8°, and the radiation efficiency is 81.6%. Due to the high gain and low-cost design, the proposed MS transmitarray antenna is suitable for MMW communication.

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