A High-Performance Transmitarray Antenna with Thin Metasurface for 5G Communication Based on PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization)
<p>The cross-sectional view of the Potter horn antenna as the feed source.</p> "> Figure 2
<p>The radiation pattern of the proposed antenna. (<b>a</b>) Comparison of cos<sup>q</sup> (θ) curve and the radiation pattern of the horn in E-plane and H-plane. (<b>b</b>) The 3D radiation pattern at 28 GHz.</p> "> Figure 3
<p>The electric field magnitude at the cross sections inside the optimized horn antenna: (<b>a</b>) inside the circular waveguide, (<b>b</b>) at the first abrupt change part, (<b>c</b>) at the second abrupt change part, and (<b>d</b>) at the flared aperture.</p> "> Figure 4
<p>The structure of unit cell: (<b>a</b>) Unit Cell A, (<b>b</b>) Unit Cell B, and (<b>c</b>) side view of unit cell.</p> "> Figure 5
<p>Transmission coefficients: (<b>a</b>) transmission phase and (<b>b</b>) transmission magnitude.</p> "> Figure 6
<p>(<b>a</b>) The top view of the fabricated transmitarray (TA), and (<b>b</b>) the phase distribution of TA calculated by Equation (1).</p> "> Figure 7
<p>The simulation model of final TA and source antenna.</p> "> Figure 8
<p>(<b>a</b>) TA with plane wave and (<b>b</b>) the normalized power distribution along intersection line of E-plane and H-plane.</p> "> Figure 9
<p>Electric field (Ex) amplitude distribution: (<b>a</b>) E-plane and (<b>b</b>) H-plane.</p> "> Figure 10
<p>Simulated far-field radiation pattern of feed source and TA antenna in two cut planes at 28 GHz: (<b>a</b>) E-plane comparison and (<b>b</b>) H-plane comparison.</p> "> Figure 11
<p>A 3D radiation pattern of the optimized TA antenna at 28 GHz.</p> "> Figure 12
<p>Photograph of experimental setup of the proposed antenna.</p> "> Figure 13
<p>Simulated and measured S11 of the proposed antenna.</p> "> Figure 14
<p>Comparison of the radiation pattern in two cut planes at 28 GHz: (<b>a</b>) E-plane comparison and (<b>b</b>) H-plane comparison.</p> "> Figure 15
<p>Simulated and measured maximum gains within the operating frequency band.</p> ">
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Transmitarray Antenna Design
2.1. Feed Antenna Design
2.2. Design of Unit Cell of MS
2.3. Array of MS
2.4. Optimization Result
3. Result and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Song, C.; Pan, L.; Jiao, Y.; Jia, J. A High-Performance Transmitarray Antenna with Thin Metasurface for 5G Communication Based on PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization). Sensors 2020, 20, 4460. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164460
Song C, Pan L, Jiao Y, Jia J. A High-Performance Transmitarray Antenna with Thin Metasurface for 5G Communication Based on PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization). Sensors. 2020; 20(16):4460. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164460
Chicago/Turabian StyleSong, Chengtian, Lizhi Pan, Yonghui Jiao, and Jianguang Jia. 2020. "A High-Performance Transmitarray Antenna with Thin Metasurface for 5G Communication Based on PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization)" Sensors 20, no. 16: 4460. https://doi.org/10.3390/s20164460