A reconfigurable transmitarray unit cell employing liquid metal

IF 1.1 4区 计算机科学 Q4 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC
Zhishu Qu, Yihua Zhou, James R. Kelly, Zhengpeng Wang, Kenneth Lee Ford, Yue Gao
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In this paper, a reconfigurable transmitarray unit cell using liquid metal is presented. It consists of three conducting layers where the geometries of the resonators, on the different layers, differ and consist of an arrow shape together with rotated split rings. The arrow-shaped conducting layer has the capability to convert the polarization of the incoming waves by 90°. The split ring resonators, on the upper and lower conducting layers, have the same dimensions but different orientations (horizontal and vertical polarization). Several fluidic channels are placed beneath/above the conducting layers. The transmission behaviour of the unit cell can be changed by altering the geometrical parameters which is achieved by injecting the liquid metal into the channels. More than 300° phase shift range with a maximum S21 of ∼ −1.5 dB at 3.3 GHz is obtained. It exhibits 3 dB of insertion loss over a bandwidth ranging from 3.2 to 3.43 GHz. It is the first time that a transmitarray unit cell, reconfigured employing liquid metal, provides a combination of low insertion loss and large phase shift range. The proposed prototype was fabricated and measured within an open-ended waveguide and the measured results agree well with the simulations and verify the effectiveness of the design. The reconfigurable transmitarray unit cell can be used to design beam-scanning arrays, as well as for applications in wireless communications.

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一种采用液态金属的可重构发射阵列单元
本文提出了一种利用液态金属的可重构发射阵列单元。它由三个导电层组成,其中不同层上谐振器的几何形状不同,由箭头形状和旋转的分裂环组成。箭头形状的导电层具有将入射波的极化转换90°的能力。上导电层和下导电层的分环谐振器尺寸相同,但方向不同(水平极化和垂直极化)。几个流体通道被放置在导电层的下面/上面。通过向通道中注入液态金属,可以改变单元电池的几何参数,从而改变其传输特性。在3.3 GHz时获得了超过300°的相移范围,最大S21为~ - 1.5 dB。它在3.2至3.43 GHz的带宽范围内显示3db的插入损耗。这是第一次使用液态金属重新配置的发射阵列单元,提供了低插入损耗和大相移范围的组合。所提出的原型在开放式波导中制作和测量,测量结果与仿真结果吻合良好,验证了设计的有效性。可重构发射阵列单元可用于设计波束扫描阵列,以及用于无线通信中的应用。
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Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation
Iet Microwaves Antennas & Propagation 工程技术-电信学
CiteScore
4.30
自引率
5.90%
发文量
109
审稿时长
7 months
期刊介绍: Topics include, but are not limited to: Microwave circuits including RF, microwave and millimetre-wave amplifiers, oscillators, switches, mixers and other components implemented in monolithic, hybrid, multi-chip module and other technologies. Papers on passive components may describe transmission-line and waveguide components, including filters, multiplexers, resonators, ferrite and garnet devices. For applications, papers can describe microwave sub-systems for use in communications, radar, aerospace, instrumentation, industrial and medical applications. Microwave linear and non-linear measurement techniques. Antenna topics including designed and prototyped antennas for operation at all frequencies; multiband antennas, antenna measurement techniques and systems, antenna analysis and design, aperture antenna arrays, adaptive antennas, printed and wire antennas, microstrip, reconfigurable, conformal and integrated antennas. Computational electromagnetics and synthesis of antenna structures including phased arrays and antenna design algorithms. Radiowave propagation at all frequencies and environments. Current Special Issue. Call for papers: Metrology for 5G Technologies - https://digital-library.theiet.org/files/IET_MAP_CFP_M5GT_SI2.pdf
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