Circularly Polarized One-Bit Reconfigurable ME-Dipole Reflectarray at X-Band

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Author(s)

  • Fan Wu
  • Rong Lu
  • Jingxue Wang
  • Zhi Hao Jiang
  • Wei Hong

Detail(s)

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)496-500
Journal / PublicationIEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
Volume21
Issue number3
Online published20 Dec 2021
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2022

Abstract

In this letter, a broadband and low loss circularly polarized (CP) electronically reconfigurable reflectarray antenna (RRA) that can operate over the X-band is reported. The proposed RRA invokes a new reconfigurable magneto-electric (ME) dipole based element for dynamically manipulating the phase of the back-scattered CP wave from each pixel, and hence, the direction of the reflected beam. The engineered wideband ME-dipole element and the design of a low loss reconfigurable perturbation structure contribute jointly to a superior CP bandwidth as well as a high efficiency. A reflectarray prototype with two-dimensional (2-D) beam scanning is designed, fabricated, and measured, demonstrating a wide-angle beam scanning capability. Besides, notable advances in bandwidth and aperture efficiency of the 1-bit CP RRA are identified, over the previous state of the art.

Research Area(s)

  • Antenna measurements, Broadband antennas, Circular polarization, Dipole antennas, Gain, magneto-electric (ME) dipole, Prototypes, reconfigurable antenna, reflectarray, Reflection, Reflector antennas, wideband

Citation Format(s)

Circularly Polarized One-Bit Reconfigurable ME-Dipole Reflectarray at X-Band. / Wu, Fan; Lu, Rong; Wang, Jingxue et al.
In: IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 21, No. 3, 03.2022, p. 496-500.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review