학술논문

A 1-Bit Coding Reconfigurable Metasurface Reflector for Millimeter Wave Communications in E-Band
Document Type
Conference
Source
2023 IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON), 2023 IEEE. :1-4 Dec, 2023
Subject
Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Engineering Profession
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Radio frequency
Beam steering
PIN photodiodes
Radar detection
Bandwidth
Metasurfaces
Encoding
beam steering
coding metasurface
generalized Snell’s law
Language
Abstract
In this paper, a millimeter wave (mmWave) 1bit coding metasurface is presented. The unit cell of the metasurface consists of a modified dipole loaded with a Macom MA4AGFCP910 PIN diode, which works quite satisfactorily at E-band mmWave. The unit cell provides a $180^{\circ} \pm 30^{\circ}$ reflection phase difference between its ON and OFF states for a broad frequency range from $74-84 \mathrm{GHz}$ (12.65 %). Despite being a PCB-based design at E-band, the unit cell provides maximum reflection loss of only 2.7dB. Using such unit cell, an array of $30 \times 15$ elements is constructed with column-by-column arrangement of biasing for the PIN diodes to achieve 1-D beam steering. Furthermore, the RF is isolated from the DC on the bias lines using properly designed radial stubs. The theoretically calculated and full-wave simulated results of radiation patterns show good agreement with each other. The effect of beam squint and scan loss from the proposed broadband 1-bit coding metasurface is critically investigated. The design can find application in different mmWave communications in E-band.