Electric-controlled metasurface antenna array with ultra-wideband frequency reconfigurable reflection suppression

doi:10.23919/JSEE.2022.000121

Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2023, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 1473-1482.doi: 10.23919/JSEE.2022.000121

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Electric-controlled metasurface antenna array with ultra-wideband frequency reconfigurable reflection suppression

Yuejun ZHENG(), Qiang CHEN(), Liang DING(), Fang YUAN(), Yunqi FU()

¹ College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China

Received:2021-11-08 Accepted:2022-06-28 Online:2023-12-18 Published:2023-12-29
Contact: Yuejun ZHENG E-mail:zhengyuejun18@nudt.edu.cn;chenqiang08a@nudt.edu.cn;lio.dingliang@hotmail.com;13379260913@163.com;yunqifu@nudt.edu.cn
About author:
ZHENG Yuejun was born in 1989. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Air Force Engineering University , Xi’an, China, in 2012, 2014, and 2018, respectively. In June 2018, he joined the faculty of the National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, where he is currently an associate professor. His research interests include microwave and optics metasurface, metasurface antenna, radiation and scattering integration technology. He has authored and coauthored more than 40 scientific papers in major journals and conferences. E-mail: zhengyuejun18@nudt.edu.cn

CHEN Qiang was born in 1991. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, in 2012, 2014, and 2018, respectively, where he is currently a lecturer. His current research interests include artificial electromagnetic materials, electromagnetic materials antenna, circuit analog absorbers, and frequency selective surface. E-mail: chenqiang08a@nudt.edu.cn

DING Liang was born in 1985. He received his M.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China, in 2010 and 2014, respectively. From 2012 to 2014, he was a visiting researcher in the Electromagnetic Imaging Laboratory, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. He is currently a lecturer with the College of Electronic Science and Technology, National University of Defense Technology. His main research interests include inverse problem, metasurfaces and microwave photonics. E-mail: lio.dingliang@hotmail.com

YUAN Fang was born in 1992. He received his B.E. degree in Sichuan University in 2016, and his M.S. degree in Air Force Engineering University in 2019. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering at National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China. His research interests include design of spatiotemporal metasurfaces and radar cross section reduction metasurface. E-mail: 13379260913@163.com

FU Yunqi was born in 1975. He received his B.E. degree in 1997, M.S. degree in 2000, and Ph.D. degree in 2004, in electronic science and technology from National University of Defense Technology (NUDT), Changsha, China. His Ph.D. dissertation was awarded with the national excellent dissertation nomination paper and the provincial excellent doctoral dissertation of Hunan. From 2009 to 2010, he was a visiting scholar at Ohio State University, the U.S. Since 2011, he has been a professor with the NUDT. He was elected by the New Century Talent Supporting Project by education ministry in 2008. His current research interests include the metamaterial and metasurface, and microwave and millimeter-wave technology. E-mail: yunqifu@nudt.edu.cn
Supported by:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61901493;61901492;61801485), and the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (2020JJ5676).

Abstract

Abstract:

The electric-controlled metasurface antenna array (ECMSAA) with ultra-wideband frequency reconfigurable reflection suppression is proposed and realized. Firstly, an electric- controlled metasurface with ultra-wideband frequency reconfigurable in-phase reflection characteristics is designed. The element of the ECMSAA is constructed by loading the single electric-controlled metasurface unit on the conventional patch antenna element. The radiation properties of the conventional patch antenna and the reflection performance of electric-controlled metasurface are maintained when the antenna and the metasurface are integrated. Thus, the ECMSAA elements have excellent radiation properties and ultra-wideband frequency reconfigurable in-phase reflection characteristics simultaneously. To take a further step, a 6×10 ECMSAA is realized based on the designed metasurface antenna element. Simulated and measured results prove that the reflection of the ECMSAA is dynamically suppressed in the P and L bands. Meanwhile, high-gain and multi-polarization radiation properties of the ECMSAA are achieved. This design method not only realizes the frequency reconfigurable reflection suppression of the antenna array in the ultra-wide frequency band but also provides a way to develop an intelligent low-scattering antenna.

Key words: electric-controlled metasurface antenna array (ECMSAA), radiation, reflection, frequency reconfigurable

Yuejun ZHENG, Qiang CHEN, Liang DING, Fang YUAN, Yunqi FU. Electric-controlled metasurface antenna array with ultra-wideband frequency reconfigurable reflection suppression[J]. Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics, 2023, 34(6): 1473-1482.

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