A novel low-RCS antenna array based on integration of electromagnetic metasurface and conventional antenna

Feng Kui-Sheng; Li Na; Yang Huan-Huan

doi:10.7498/aps.70.20210746

Abstract

Aiming at obtaining low scattering antenna array, in this paper a novel method of integrating electromagnetic metasurface with conventional antenna is proposed. The theoretical analysis and practical implementation of this method are presented. Using this method, a novel antenna array is obtained by connecting partial unit cells of metasurface with transmission line and adopting coaxial excitations. In the radiation mode, the metasurface is excited and radiates effectively. Besides, the array has almost the same performance as the conventional array. In the scattering mode, this array demonstrates low in-band RCS due to the scattering cancellation of middle metasurface and other surrounding structures. Using this method, a 2 × 1 array, as an example, is designed and numerically analyzed. The results show that the array has the well-behaved radiation performance and low RCS property. The working principle of the proposed array is illustrated by investigating the current and resultant field. Further analysis also reveals the effecting law of metasurface unit cells in antenna's radiation and scattering performance. Therefore, flexible designs can be obtained to fit different requirements. Finally, experiments are conducted. And the good agreement between computations and measurements further verifies the validity of the proposed design. Moreover, the proposed method also features easy implementation and high integrity and can be extended to the designing of large scale array antennas.

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1.
College of Artificial Intelligence, Yango University, Fuzhou 350015, China
2.
Information and Navigation College, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710077, China

Corresponding author: Yang Huan-Huan, jianye8901@126.com

Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61801508, 61701523, 61671464), the Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi Province, China (Grant Nos. 2019JQ-103, 2020JM-350, 20200108, 2020022), and the Postdoctoral Innovative Talents Support Program of China (Grant Nos. BX20180375, 2019M653960)

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图 1 天线结构示意图　(a), (b)超构表面与天线阵列一体化侧视图与俯视图; (c)传统天线阵列俯视图

Figure 1. Configurations of antennas: (a) Side view and (b) top view of metasurface antenna array; (c) top view of conventional antenna array.

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图 2 天线阵列辐射性能对比　(a)反射系数; (b) E面方向图; (c) H面方向图

Figure 2. Radiation performance comparison of the antenna arrays: (a) Reflection coefficients; (b) E-plane radiation patterns; (c) H-plane radiation patterns.

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图 3 6.3 GHz天线阵列表面电流　(a)新提出天线阵; (b)参考天线阵

Figure 3. Surface current distributions at 6.3 GHz: (a) Proposed antenna array; (b) reference antenna array.

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图 4 天线阵列RCS对比

Figure 4. RCS comparison of the antenna arrays.

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图 5 天线阵列散射方向图对比　(a)—(d)参考天线阵; (e)—(h)新提出天线阵

Figure 5. Scattering patterns comparison of the antenna arrays: (a)−(d) Reference antenna array; (e)−(h) the proposed antenna array.

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图 6 不同极化平面波照射下天线阵列在6.3 GHz的表面电流　(a), (b) x极化; (c), (d) y极化

Figure 6. Surface current distributions at 6.3 GHz of the two antennas under different polarized plane waves: (a), (b) x polarization; (c), (d) y polarization.

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图 7 d_x对天线性能的影响　(a)反射系数; (b) x极化RCS; (c) y极化RCS

Figure 7. Effects of d_x on antenna's performance: (a) Reflection coefficient; (b) RCS under x polarized plane wave; (c) RCS under y polarized plane wave.

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图 8 d_y对天线性能的影响　(a)反射系数; (b) x极化RCS; (c) y极化RCS

Figure 8. Effects of d_y on antenna's performance: (a) Reflection coefficient; (b) RCS under x polarized plane wave; (c) RCS under y polarized plane wave.

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图 9 w₁对天线性能的影响　(a)反射系数; (b) x极化RCS; (c) y极化RCS

Figure 9. Effects of w₁ on antenna's performance: (a) Reflection coefficient; (b) RCS under x polarized plane wave; (c) RCS under y polarized plane wave.

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图 10 新提出天线阵列实物及散射测试系统

Figure 10. Picture of the proposed antenna array and the scheme of scattering test.

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图 11 实测天线阵的|S₁₁|曲线

Figure 11. Measured |S₁₁| of the proposed antenna array.

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图 12 6.5 GHz实测天线阵方向图　(a) E面; (b) H面

Figure 12. Measured radiation patterns at 6.5 GHz: (a) E plane; (b) H plane.

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图 13 天线阵单站RCS减缩曲线

Figure 13. Monostatic RCS reduction of the proposed antenna array.

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