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High gain metasurface integrated millimeter-wave planar antenna

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2023

Muhammad Usman Tahir ,
Umair Rafique Open the ORCID record for Umair Rafique [Opens in a new window] ,
Muhammad Mansoor Ahmed ,
Syed Muzahir Abbas Open the ORCID record for Syed Muzahir Abbas [Opens in a new window] ,
Shahid Iqbal  and
Sai-Wai Wong
Muhammad Usman Tahir
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Umair Rafique*
Affiliation:
Center for Wireless Communications, Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Muhammad Mansoor Ahmed
Affiliation:
Department of Electrical Engineering, Capital University of Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan
Syed Muzahir Abbas
Affiliation:
Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Shahid Iqbal
Affiliation:
College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
Sai-Wai Wong
Affiliation:
College of Electronics and Information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China
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Corresponding author: Umair Rafique; Email: umair.rafique@ieee.org
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Abstract

A metasurface reflector-backed wideband planar antenna is designed for millimeter-wave (mmWave) applications. A simple meandering structure is used for radiation element design, while the back side consists of a partial ground plane and parasitic elements. The utilization of meander-shaped element led to small antenna dimensions. The partial ground plane is used to achieve wide bandwidth, while the parasitic elements are used to improve the impedance matching toward higher frequency bands. To achieve high gain and directional radiation characteristics, an array of metasurfaces is placed behind the radiating element. It is observed from the simulated results that the proposed antenna system offers 17.72 GHz of impedance bandwidth in the operating range of 22.28–40 GHz, while the measured impedance bandwidth is noted to be 15.8 GHz, ranging from 23 to 38.8 GHz. Furthermore, it is observed that a metasurface-based planar antenna tends to achieve a peak gain of ≈9 dBi in the band of interest.

Keywords

metasurfacemmWaveparasitic elementplanar antennawide bandwidth

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Antenna Design, Modelling and Measurements
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International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , March 2024 , pp. 306 - 317
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press in association with the European Microwave Association

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