Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens

Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens

This work experimentally demonstrates a wide-angle beam steering based on an active conformal metasurface lens. Integrated with microwave varactors, the transmission phase of this cylindrical metasurface lens can be tuned in a range up to 195° by direct-current (DC) bias voltages. By comp...

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Main Authors: Huan Li, Chao Ma, Fazhong Shen, Kuiwen Xu, Dexin Ye, Jiangtao Huangfu, Changzhi Li, Lixin Ran, Tayeb A. Denidni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
Conformal antenna
active metasurface
phase shift
beam steering
cylindrical lens
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8936458/
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spelling doaj-4ace6595083d4e21be7a875c0afecbb82021-03-29T23:14:52ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362019-01-01718526418527210.1109/ACCESS.2019.29606398936458Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface LensHuan Li0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2865-9133Chao Ma1Fazhong Shen2Kuiwen Xu3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4943-5668Dexin Ye4Jiangtao Huangfu5Changzhi Li6Lixin Ran7Tayeb A. Denidni8Laboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaLaboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaLaboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaLaboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaLaboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaLaboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USALaboratory of Applied Research on Electromagnetics (ARE), Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, ChinaInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique, University of Quebec, Montreal, QC, CanadaThis work experimentally demonstrates a wide-angle beam steering based on an active conformal metasurface lens. Integrated with microwave varactors, the transmission phase of this cylindrical metasurface lens can be tuned in a range up to 195° by direct-current (DC) bias voltages. By compensating the phase difference between different incidences, the proposed cylindrical lens can collimate the incident spherical wave front into a plane wave front with predefined deflection angle. By increasing the number of feeding sources, the beam steering range of conformal lens can be expanded to ±60°. Having advantages of low cost and simple structure, the proposed conformal lens can be extended to millimeter-wave band and enable a wide range of applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8936458/Conformal antennaactive metasurfacephase shiftbeam steeringcylindrical lens
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author Huan Li
Chao Ma
Fazhong Shen
Kuiwen Xu
Dexin Ye
Jiangtao Huangfu
Changzhi Li
Lixin Ran
Tayeb A. Denidni
spellingShingle Huan Li
Chao Ma
Fazhong Shen
Kuiwen Xu
Dexin Ye
Jiangtao Huangfu
Changzhi Li
Lixin Ran
Tayeb A. Denidni
Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens
IEEE Access
Conformal antenna
active metasurface
phase shift
beam steering
cylindrical lens
author_facet Huan Li
Chao Ma
Fazhong Shen
Kuiwen Xu
Dexin Ye
Jiangtao Huangfu
Changzhi Li
Lixin Ran
Tayeb A. Denidni
author_sort Huan Li
title Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens
title_short Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens
title_full Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens
title_fullStr Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens
title_full_unstemmed Wide-Angle Beam Steering Based on an Active Conformal Metasurface Lens
title_sort wide-angle beam steering based on an active conformal metasurface lens
publisher IEEE
series IEEE Access
issn 2169-3536
publishDate 2019-01-01
description This work experimentally demonstrates a wide-angle beam steering based on an active conformal metasurface lens. Integrated with microwave varactors, the transmission phase of this cylindrical metasurface lens can be tuned in a range up to 195° by direct-current (DC) bias voltages. By compensating the phase difference between different incidences, the proposed cylindrical lens can collimate the incident spherical wave front into a plane wave front with predefined deflection angle. By increasing the number of feeding sources, the beam steering range of conformal lens can be expanded to ±60°. Having advantages of low cost and simple structure, the proposed conformal lens can be extended to millimeter-wave band and enable a wide range of applications.
topic Conformal antenna
active metasurface
phase shift
beam steering
cylindrical lens
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8936458/
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