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Li G, Zhang F, Wang B. Compact VHF/UHF Ultrawideband Discone Antenna with Consistent Pattern. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2024; 24:6147. [PMID: 39338892 PMCID: PMC11435794 DOI: 10.3390/s24186147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2024] [Revised: 09/11/2024] [Accepted: 09/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/30/2024]
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A compact VHF/UHF ultrawideband discone antenna with consistent patterns is proposed in this article. The proposed antenna consists of a disk, a modified cone, an inverted cone, four shorting probes, and two sleeves. To improve the radiation angular distortion at high frequencies, two sleeves are inserted into the discone antenna. Higher-order modes are suppressed, and ultrawideband consistent patterns are obtained without antenna size increasing. An inverted cone and four shorting probes are introduced to achieve broadband and profile reduction. An antenna prototype is fabricated and measured. The proposed antenna possesses consistent patterns in a 11.36:1 bandwidth. The pattern nulls is improved by 26.1 dB. The antenna occupies a cylindrical volume of 0.227 λ0 (D) and 0.096 λ0 (H). It is a competitive candidate for future in-vehicle communication systems.
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- Guang Li
- National Key Laboratory of Microwave Imaging Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute, Beijing 100090, China;
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Antennas and Microwaves, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China;
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- National Key Laboratory of Microwave Imaging Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Aerospace Information Research Institute, Beijing 100090, China;
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Qiu Y, Deng L, Zhan Y, Li G, Guan J. The Effect of Height Error on Performance of Propagation Phase-Based Metalens. MICROMACHINES 2024; 15:540. [PMID: 38675351 PMCID: PMC11051892 DOI: 10.3390/mi15040540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2024] [Revised: 04/10/2024] [Accepted: 04/16/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024]
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Metalenses, as a new type of planar optical device with flexible design, play an important role in miniaturized and integrated optical devices. Propagation phase-based metalenses, known for their low loss and extensive design flexibility, are widely utilized in optical imaging and optical communication. However, fabrication errors introduced by thin-film deposition and etching processes inevitably result in variations in the height of the metalens structure, leading to the fabricated devices not performing as expected. Here, we introduce a reflective TiO2 metalens based on the propagation phase. Then, the relationship between the height variation and the performance of the metalens is explored by using the maximum phase error. Our results reveal that the height error of the unit structure affects the phase rather than the amplitude. The focusing efficiency of our metalens exhibits robustness to structural variations, with only a 5% decrease in focusing efficiency when the height varies within ±8% of the range. The contents discussed in this paper provide theoretical guidance for the unit design of the propagation phase-based metalens and the determination of its allowable fabrication error range, which is of great significance for low-cost and high-efficiency manufacturing.
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- Yongxue Qiu
- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.Q.); (Y.Z.); (J.G.)
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- School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China
- Shenzhen Research Institute, Wuhan University, Shenzhen 518057, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.Q.); (Y.Z.); (J.G.)
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- The Key Laboratory for Metallurgical Equipment and Control Technology of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China; (Y.Q.); (Y.Z.); (J.G.)
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Jiang RZ, Ma Q, Gu Z, Liang JC, Xiao Q, Cheng Q, Cui TJ. Simultaneously Intelligent Sensing and Beamforming Based on an Adaptive Information Metasurface. ADVANCED SCIENCE (WEINHEIM, BADEN-WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY) 2024; 11:e2306181. [PMID: 38064159 PMCID: PMC10870054 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202306181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2023] [Revised: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 02/17/2024]
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Due to its ability to adapt to a variety of electromagnetic (EM) environments, the sensing-enabled metasurface has garnered significant attention. However, large-scale EM-field sensing to obtain more information is still very challenging. Here, an adaptive information metasurface is proposed to enable intelligent sensing and wave manipulating simultaneously or more specifically, to realize intelligent target localization and beam tracking adaptively. The metasurface is composed of an array of meta-atoms, and each is loaded with two PIN diodes and a sensing-channel structure, for polarization-insensitive and programmable beamforming and sensing. By controlling the state of the PIN diode, the proposed meta-atom has 1-bit phase response in the designed frequency band, while the sensing loss keeps higher than -10 dB for both "ON" and "OFF" states. Hence there is nearly no interaction between the beamforming and sensing modes. Experiments are conducted to show multiple functions of the metasurface, including intelligent target sensing and self-adaptive beamforming, and the measured results are in good agreement with the numerical simulations and theoretical calculations.
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- Rui Zhe Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
- Zhangjiang Laboratory100 Haike Road, PudongShanghai201210China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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- State Key Laboratory of Millimeter WavesInstitute of Electromagnetic SpaceSoutheast UniversityNanjing210096China
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Chen W, Tang F, Cui F, Chen C. Research on Energy Harvesting Mechanism and Low Power Technology in Wireless Sensor Networks. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 24:47. [PMID: 38202909 PMCID: PMC10780748 DOI: 10.3390/s24010047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/16/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are widely used in various fields such as military, industrial, and transportation for real-time monitoring, sensing, and data collection of different environments or objects. However, the development of WSNs is hindered by several limitations, including energy, storage space, computing power, and data transmission rate. Among these, the availability of power energy plays a crucial role as it directly determines the lifespan of WSN. To extend the life cycle of WSN, two key approaches are power supply improvement and energy conservation. Therefore, we propose an energy harvesting system and a low-energy-consumption mechanism for WSNs. Firstly, we delved into the energy harvesting technology of WSNs, explored the utilization of solar energy and mechanical vibration energy to ensure a continuous and dependable power supply to the sensor nodes, and analyzed the voltage output characteristics of bistable piezoelectric cantilever. Secondly, we proposed a neighbor discovery mechanism that utilizes a separation beacon, is based on reply to ACK, and can facilitate the identification of neighboring nodes. This mechanism operates at a certain duty cycle ratio, significantly reduces idle listening time and results in substantial energy savings. In comparison to the Disco and U-connect protocols, our proposed mechanism achieved a remarkable reduction of 66.67% and 75% in the worst discovery delay, respectively. Furthermore, we introduced a data fusion mechanism based on integer wavelet transform. This mechanism effectively eliminates data redundancy caused by spatiotemporal correlation, resulting in a data compression rate of 5.42. Additionally, it significantly reduces energy consumption associated with data transmission by the nodes.
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- Weimin Chen
- School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Hunan City University, Yiyang 413000, China;
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- School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China;
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- School of Computer Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China;
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- School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510006, China;
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Yang J, Chen J, Zhu F, Ye M, Shi H, Chen X, Xue W. FSS-inspired transmitarray for dynamic beamforming and gain control. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:40029-40040. [PMID: 38041313 DOI: 10.1364/oe.506066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2023] [Accepted: 10/25/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023]
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In this paper, we propose a concept of combining the methodology of phase coding modulation with frequency selective surface (FSS) inspired transmitarray (TA) to achieve the ability of dynamical beamforming and gain control in microwave regime. The TA element composed of five-layer stacked bandpass FSS units separated by small air gaps. Each FSS unit comprises a metallic octagon slot with a pair of varactor diodes loaded along the polarization direction. The elaborately designed feeding network makes it possible to modulate the transmission phase of each element. Different phase coding sequences are performed through changing the bias voltage configurations, then the radiation far field of the proposed TA can be tailored in real time. Dynamic beamforming and gain control under different encoding arrangements are exhibited to demonstrate the physical mechanism of electromagnetic (EM) manipulation with this method. The proposed strategy is verified by numerical simulations and experiment. This work adds new function for TA and can reshape its application prospect, such as reconfigurable beam emitter for multilink data transmission, long range point-to-point (PTP) wireless links and radio frequency energy harvesting.
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Khan MS, Khan S, Khan O, Aqeel S, Gohar N, Dalarsson M. Mutual Coupling Reduction in MIMO DRA through Metamaterials. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:7720. [PMID: 37765781 PMCID: PMC10535672 DOI: 10.3390/s23187720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 09/04/2023] [Accepted: 09/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023]
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A single negative metamaterial structure with hexagonal split-ring resonators (H-SRRs) is inserted within a two-port multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) dielectric resonator antenna (DRA) in order to achieve a reduction of mutual coupling between closed multiple antenna elements. Between closed, tightly coupled, high-profile antenna elements, the single negative magnetic inclusions (H-SRRs) are embedded. By incorporating magnetic structures within antenna elements, the mutual coupling is significantly diminished. Mutual coupling reduction is attained by inserting an array of hexagonal split-ring resonators between the inter-spacing elements. An operative approach for the reduction of the mutual coupling between two × two MIMO DRAs initially operating at 5.2-GHz band is provided. To make the simulated design replica of the fabricated prototype, an air gap is introduced between the substrate, DRs, and H-SSRs. The addition of the air gap shifts the simulated results to 5.9 GHz, which closely resembles the measured values. The mutual coupling reduction is realized by integrating a meta-surface amid the two × two MIMO DRAs, which are settled in the H-plane. The meta-surface embraces an array of hexagonal split-ring resonator (H-SRR) cells that are unified along the E-plane. The H-SRR structure is designed to offer band-stop functionality within the antenna bandwidth. The proposed design has an overall dimension of 40 × 58.3 × 4.75 mm3 (1.5λ × 1.02λ × 0.079λ). By stacking the DRA with a one × three array of H-SRR unit cells, a 30 dB reduction in the mutual coupling level is attained without compromising on the antenna performance. The corresponding mutual impedance of the MIMO DRA is better than 30 dB over 5.9-6.1 GHz operating bandwidth. The proposed design has a DG of 10 db, ECC < 0.02, CCL < 0.02 bits/s/Hz, and an MEG of 0 dB. The overall design has a promising performance, which shows its suitability for the target wireless application.
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- Muhammad Sabir Khan
- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad-Campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan; (M.S.K.); (S.K.); (O.K.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad-Campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan; (M.S.K.); (S.K.); (O.K.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad-Campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan; (M.S.K.); (S.K.); (O.K.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, COMSATS University Islamabad, Abbottabad-Campus, Abbottabad 22060, Pakistan; (M.S.K.); (S.K.); (O.K.); (S.A.)
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- Department of Computer Science, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto Women University, Peshawar 25000, Pakistan;
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- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE 100-44 Stockholm, Sweden
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Bevilacqua F, D’Agostino F, Ferrara F, Gennarelli C, Guerriero R, Migliozzi M, Riccio G. An Effective Near-Field to Far-Field Transformation with Planar Spiral Scanning for Flat Antennas under Test. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:7276. [PMID: 37631812 PMCID: PMC10458072 DOI: 10.3390/s23167276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023]
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The goal of this article is to provide numerical and experimental assessments of an effective near-field to far-field transformation (NF-FF T) technique with planar spiral scanning for flat antennas under test (AUTs), which requires a non-redundant, i.e., minimum, number of NF measurements. This technique has its roots in the theory of non-redundant sampling representations of electromagnetic fields and was devised by suitably applying the unified theory of spiral scans for non-volumetric antennas to the case in which the considered AUT is modeled by a circular disk having its radius equal to half of the AUT's maximum dimension. It makes use of a 2D optimal sampling interpolation (OSI) formula to accurately determine the massive amount of NF data required by the classical plane-rectangular NF-FF T technique from the non-redundant data gathered along the spiral. It must be emphasized that, when considering flat AUTs, the developed transformation allows one to further and significantly save measurement time as compared to that required by the previously developed NF-FF T techniques with planar spiral scans based on a quasi-planar antenna modeling, because the number of turns of the spiral and that of NF data to be acquired depend somewhat on the area of the modeling surface. The reported numerical simulations assess the accuracy of the proposed NF-FF T technique, whereas the experimental tests prove its practical feasibility.
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- Florindo Bevilacqua
- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (F.B.); (F.D.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (F.B.); (F.D.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (F.B.); (F.D.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (F.B.); (F.D.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (F.B.); (F.D.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; (F.B.); (F.D.); (F.F.); (R.G.); (M.M.)
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- Department of Information and Electrical Engineering and Applied Mathematics, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy;
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Mu J, Ma Q, Cui TJ. Flexible and fast estimation method of far-field patterns for digital-coding metasurfaces. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:25707-25717. [PMID: 37710450 DOI: 10.1364/oe.498005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2023] [Accepted: 07/12/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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We propose a flexible and fast estimation method to calculate the far-field patterns of digital-coding metasurfaces (DCMs) by performing chirp Z-transform (CZT), called the DCM-CZT method. Because of the expression form of convolution, CZT can be accelerated by fast Fourier transform. Compared with the traditional discrete Fourier transform (DFT) method, the DCM-CZT method can accurately estimate the far-field patterns with arbitrary element periods. More importantly, the DCM-CZT method can calculate partial far-field patterns for some specific orientations, instead of the global far-field patterns like DFT does. We show that the DCM-CZT method can efficiently improve the partial space-resolution to avoid the calculation error caused by the fence effect under acceptable computing time. We present six representative examples to demonstrate the capabilities of the proposed method. Results show that the far-field patterns calculated by the DCM-CZT method have good agreements with full-wave simulations and experimental measurements. However, the results of main-lobes calculated by the DFT method have obvious deviations when the element period is about 0.2 wavelengths. We believe that the DCM-CZT method has potential applications in wireless communications and radar detections.
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Liu YH, Wang SY, Hu WS, Li YB. Simultaneous manipulation of spatial fundamental and harmonic electromagnetic waves by microwave nonlinear metasurfaces. OPTICS EXPRESS 2023; 31:24412-24422. [PMID: 37475269 DOI: 10.1364/oe.497650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023]
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In the area of manipulating the spatial electromagnetic (EM) waves fields, the metasurfaces have become much more attractive and powerful in recent years. Here, we propose a design to realize the simultaneous control of spatial fundamental and harmonic EM waves applying nonlinear metasurfaces in microwave band. The proposed meta-atom composed of three topological layers which are transmitting antenna, nonlinear wave guiding and receiving antenna respectively. And the critical factor of generating the harmonic is the nonlinear chip which is integrated into the middle layer. The microstrip power divider and phase shifter in each meta-atom are preciously tailored to actualize the spatial control of the fundamental and harmonic transmission beams in the far field. One prototype of the nonlinear metasurfaces is fabricated and corresponding radiation patterns of fundamental and harmonic modes are observed very well in the experience that can verify the validity of our proposed method.
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Liu Y, Shafai L, Isleifson D, Shafai C. Split Ring Antennas and Their Application for Antenna Miniaturization. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 23:846. [PMID: 36679642 PMCID: PMC9866658 DOI: 10.3390/s23020846] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/07/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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This paper investigates the miniaturization capability of split ring array antennas embedded in a low-permittivity dielectric substrate, in comparison with the same-sized high-permittivity dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs). In order to understand the miniaturization performance, a size-fixed dielectric substrate with different split ring arrays is studied. The simulation results show that the miniaturization capability increases with decreased unit cell resonant frequency and/or increased unit cell induced permeability. Miniaturizations as high as 25.54 times that of a high-permittivity DRA are obtained with split rings, etched on a dielectric substrate having a low permittivity of 2.2. Furthermore, this excessive miniaturization does not come at the expense of excessive deterioration of the antenna impedance bandwidth, gain, and radiation efficiency. Consequently, the miniaturized split ring arrays still provide high gains over wider bandwidths. This inference is further verified by comparing the miniaturization and other antenna performance parameters with three other modified split ring configurations. To experimentally verify this work, a split ring antenna was fabricated and tested, and good agreement between the simulated and measured results was observed. The results of this study indicate that adding resonant metallic inclusions into low- permittivity DRAs significantly increases their miniaturization capability, without overly deteriorating the performance.
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- Yanxia Liu
- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
- Centre for Earth Observation Science, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada
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- Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
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Nisar MS, Iqbal S, Zhou L. On-Chip Reconfigurable Focusing through Low-Loss Phase Change Materials Based Metasurfaces. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:2185. [PMID: 36557484 PMCID: PMC9784393 DOI: 10.3390/mi13122185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 12/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Metasurfaces are useful subwavelength structures that can be engineered to achieve useful functionality. While most metasurfaces are passive devices, Phase Change Materials can be utilized to make active metasurfaces that can have numerous applications. One such application is on-chip beam steering which is of vital utility for numerous applications that can potentially lead to analog computations and non-Von Neumann computational architectures. This paper presents through numerical simulations, a novel metasurface that can realize beam steering through active phase switching of in-planted arrays of phase change material, Sb2S3. For the purpose of numerical demonstration of the principle, beam focusing has been realized, on-chip, through active switching of the Sb2S3 unit cell between the amorphous and crystalline phases. The presented architecture can realize on-chip transformation optics, mathematical operations, and information processing, thus opening the gates for future technologies.
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- Muhammad Shemyal Nisar
- Sino-British College, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- School of Electronics and information Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Key Lab of Navigation and Location Services, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- SJTU-Pinghu Institute of Intelligent Optoelectronics, Pinghu 314200, China
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Zhang M, Ye F, Tan H, Luo S, Cui H, Chen L. Reprogrammable Metasurface Controlled by 2D Thermal Fields. MICROMACHINES 2022; 13:2023. [PMID: 36422451 PMCID: PMC9694245 DOI: 10.3390/mi13112023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2022] [Revised: 11/12/2022] [Accepted: 11/14/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The combination of thermal field sensing and microwave operation is an innovative topic in metamaterials. Although there exists research on modulating electromagnetic waves by controlling each column of the metasurface elements for programmable metasurfaces, the regulation is not flexible. In view of this, this paper proposes a metasurface based on distributed thermal sensing that can be independently modulated by each element. In this paper, the metasurface adopts a 1-bit coding metasurface, which is combined with PIN diodes to modulate the phase response. The voltage control circuit feeds back the change in the thermistors to the switching state of the PIN diode. Each metasurface unit contains thermistors, which are used to sense thermal stimulation and can be independently modulated. The metasurface composed of these elements can feel the field generated via heat energy. We can control electromagnetic waves by controlling this field. In order to prove the feasibility of this scheme, a metasurface sample of 8 × 8 elements was designed. Three patterns were used for the design, fabrication, and measurement of the samples. Meanwhile, printed circuit board (PCB) technology was applied. The results show that the simulated results are highly consistent with the experimental results, which verifies that this scheme is practicable.
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