Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications

Transmitarray (TA) antennas have attracted much attention in recent years due to their number of applications. These include the 5G/6G mobile networks and satellite communication systems for the microwave frequency range. The various satellite applications require high-gain antennas with polarizatio...

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Main Author: Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem
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spelling my-utm-ep.1019472023-07-25T09:44:57Z Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications 2022 Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Transmitarray (TA) antennas have attracted much attention in recent years due to their number of applications. These include the 5G/6G mobile networks and satellite communication systems for the microwave frequency range. The various satellite applications require high-gain antennas with polarization agility. Also, the state-ofthe- art smart communication systems require reconfigurable antennas allowing the frequency and beam switching according to the application requirements. In this research, three different TA antennas have been studied and designed for X-band applications which are high gain and wideband TA antenna, circularly polarized TA antenna, frequency and beam reconfigurable TA antenna. For the first design, two Frequency-Selective Surface (FSS) unit cells which include Double Square Ring with Center Patch (DSR-CP) and Split Ring Resonator (SRR), have been applied to increase the antenna gain and bandwidth. The optimized unit cell structure shows that a fourlayer configuration could provide maximum phase range with low insertion losses. The complete DSR-CP TA consisting of 121 elements has produced an impedance bandwidth of 33.3% with a peak gain value of 20.4 dBi and 1-dB gain for bandwidth of 10%. SRR-based TA achieved the impedance bandwidth of 35% with a peak gain value of 21.9 dBi and 11.6% 1-dB gain bandwidth. A circularly polarized TA using a Meander Line Polarizer (MLP) superstrate has been studied and presented. The MLP unit cell was simulated and optimized at 12 GHz, having 900 phase difference between the two orthogonal E-field components, Ex and Ey. The final prototype measurement results show that a low axial ratio of 1.89 and 20.17 dBi gain at 11.2 GHz has been obtained. Finally, the last part of the research focused on the frequency and beam reconfigurable TA antenna. A U-shape superstrate layer has been added to introduce frequency selectivity in front of the horn antenna that acts as a bandpass filter. Then, by varying the strip length of the U-shape unit cell, the antenna frequency can be reconfigured from 8.5 GHz to 11.2 GHz. On the other hand, a new active TA unit cell equipped with four switchable strips using Positive Intrinsic Negative (PIN) diodes has been employed to achieve beam reconfigurable TA antenna. Thus, the antenna beam can be tilted by controlling the PIN diodes ON and OFF switching states. Results show that a full-beam switching range of 43.20 has been obtained. In conclusion, this research has successfully presented three new TA antenna designs, which are highly potential for the X-band applications. 2022 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101947/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101947/1/MuhammadNaeemIqbalPSKE2022.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:149168 phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering
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Electronics Nuclear engineering
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Electronics Nuclear engineering
Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem
Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
description Transmitarray (TA) antennas have attracted much attention in recent years due to their number of applications. These include the 5G/6G mobile networks and satellite communication systems for the microwave frequency range. The various satellite applications require high-gain antennas with polarization agility. Also, the state-ofthe- art smart communication systems require reconfigurable antennas allowing the frequency and beam switching according to the application requirements. In this research, three different TA antennas have been studied and designed for X-band applications which are high gain and wideband TA antenna, circularly polarized TA antenna, frequency and beam reconfigurable TA antenna. For the first design, two Frequency-Selective Surface (FSS) unit cells which include Double Square Ring with Center Patch (DSR-CP) and Split Ring Resonator (SRR), have been applied to increase the antenna gain and bandwidth. The optimized unit cell structure shows that a fourlayer configuration could provide maximum phase range with low insertion losses. The complete DSR-CP TA consisting of 121 elements has produced an impedance bandwidth of 33.3% with a peak gain value of 20.4 dBi and 1-dB gain for bandwidth of 10%. SRR-based TA achieved the impedance bandwidth of 35% with a peak gain value of 21.9 dBi and 11.6% 1-dB gain bandwidth. A circularly polarized TA using a Meander Line Polarizer (MLP) superstrate has been studied and presented. The MLP unit cell was simulated and optimized at 12 GHz, having 900 phase difference between the two orthogonal E-field components, Ex and Ey. The final prototype measurement results show that a low axial ratio of 1.89 and 20.17 dBi gain at 11.2 GHz has been obtained. Finally, the last part of the research focused on the frequency and beam reconfigurable TA antenna. A U-shape superstrate layer has been added to introduce frequency selectivity in front of the horn antenna that acts as a bandpass filter. Then, by varying the strip length of the U-shape unit cell, the antenna frequency can be reconfigured from 8.5 GHz to 11.2 GHz. On the other hand, a new active TA unit cell equipped with four switchable strips using Positive Intrinsic Negative (PIN) diodes has been employed to achieve beam reconfigurable TA antenna. Thus, the antenna beam can be tilted by controlling the PIN diodes ON and OFF switching states. Results show that a full-beam switching range of 43.20 has been obtained. In conclusion, this research has successfully presented three new TA antenna designs, which are highly potential for the X-band applications.
format Thesis
qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
qualification_level Doctorate
author Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem
author_facet Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem
author_sort Iqbal, Muhammad Naeem
title Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
title_short Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
title_full Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
title_fullStr Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
title_full_unstemmed Circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
title_sort circularly polarized and reconfigurable frequency selective surface based transmit array antenna for x-band applications
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Engineering - School of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/101947/1/MuhammadNaeemIqbalPSKE2022.pdf
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