학술논문

Wideband Transmitarray Unit-Cell Design With 1-Bit Phase Control and Twistable Polarization
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters IEEE Microw. Wireless Compon. Lett. Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE. 32(6):627-630 Jun, 2022
Subject
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
P-i-n diodes
Transmitting antennas
Wireless communication
Substrates
Prototypes
Propagation losses
Microstrip
Flat lens antenna
reconfigurable transmitarray antenna
transmitarray antenna
Language
ISSN
1531-1309
1558-1764
Abstract
In this letter, we propose a wideband unit-cell for electronically reconfigurable transmitarray antennas working at the $X$ -band. The unit-cell is based on a multilayer structure that has the capability to rotate the polarization of the transmitted wave to be orthogonal to the polarization of the incident wave. Two p-i-n diodes are integrated into the unit-cell to control the phase shift with 1-bit phase resolution. Both simulated and measured results agree that the unit-cell provides two phase states with a step of 180°, covering a wide −3 dB transmission bandwidth of 26%. Furthermore, the unit-cell exhibits a simple design and a low thickness of $0.16\lambda _{\mathrm {0,}}$ allowing a low-cost and easy fabrication.