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In this paper, a novel shared-aperture method of electromagnetic metasurface and antenna is proposed to obtain low radar-cross-section (RCS) performance. In this method, the low-RCS metasurface is first designed, then this metasurface is combined with traditional antenna to obtain novel low-RCS antenna based on shared-aperture technique. Besides, the analysis and corresponding local structure modification are also conducted to ensure that the antenna has good radiation performance while reducing broadband RCS. Using this method, a dual-layer polarization rotation unit cell is first proposed and its broadband working principle is investigated by both theoretical analysis and numerical comparison. Based on this unit cell, a broadband low-RCS metasurface is constructed. Then an initial shared-aperture metasurface antenna is obtained by substituting the middle cells in the metasurface with traditional patch antenna directly. Through careful analysis of surface current in radiation mode, the gain decrease of this metasurface antenna is revealed. On this basis, a finite removal strategy is put forward and some metasurface cells in the antenna are removed by using the electric current analysis. Consequently, an improved shared-aperture metasurface antenna is proposed. This improved antenna works in a frequency range from 6.3 to 7.48 GHz, which is slightly wider than the traditional patch antenna. Its gain is also higher than that of traditional antenna, with a maximum improvement of 1 dB. Meanwhile, the apparent RCS decreases from 6 to 16 GHz for any polarized incident wave, and the reduction peak is larger than 20 dB. Finally, fabrications and measurements are conducted. The measurement results and numerical calculations are in good agreement. The well-behaved radiation performance and broadband low-RCS property of this metasurface antenna verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. Unlike most of reported design methods of low-RCS antennas directly from traditional antennas, the proposed method adopts reverse thinking to transform scattering optimization into radiation optimization, realizing the integration between metasurface and antenna, thus making low-RCS antenna design easier and faster.
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Keywords:
- electromagnetic metasurface /
- antenna /
- shared-aperture technique /
- low radar cross section
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图 6 天线辐射性能对比 (a) 反射系数; (b) 增益; (c)—(f) 三维辐射方向图, 其中(c), (e) 传统天线, (d), (f) 共享孔径天线2; (g), (h) 二维辐射方向图
Figure 6. Radiation performance comparison of the antennas: (a) Reflection coefficient; (b) gain; (c)–(f) 3D radiation patterns, (c), (e) conventional antenna, (d), (f) shared-aperture antenna 2; (g), (h) 2D radiation patterns.
图 9 斜入射下天线双站RCS对比 (a) θinc = 30°, φinc = 0°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 180°; (b) θinc = 30°, φinc = 90°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 270°; (c) θinc = 30°, φinc = 315°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 135°; (d) θinc = 60°, φinc = 0°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 180°; (e) θinc = 60°, φinc = 90°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 270°; (f) θinc = 60°, φinc = 315°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 135°
Figure 9. Bistatic RCS under different polarized oblique incidences: (a) θinc = 30°, φinc = 0°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 180°; (b) θinc = 30°, φinc = 90°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 270°; (c) θinc = 30°, φinc = 315°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 135°; (d) θinc = 60°, φinc = 0°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 180°; (e) θinc = 60°, φinc = 90°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 270°; (f) θinc = 60°, φinc = 315°, θsca = 30°, φsca = 135°.
表 1 本文设计共享孔径天线2与已有文献天线比较
Table 1. Comparison of shared-aperture antenna 2 in this work and antennas in previous work.
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[1] Yu N F, Genevet P, Kats M A, Aieta F, Tetienne J P, Capasso F, Gaburro Z 2011 Science 334 333Google Scholar
[2] Cui T 2017 J. Opt. 19 084004Google Scholar
[3] Li T, Yang H H, Li Q, Zhu X W, Cao X Y, Gao J, Wu Z B 2019 IET Microwaves Antennas Propag. 13 185Google Scholar
[4] Li T, Yang H H, Li Q, Tian J H, Gao K, Li S J, Cao X Y 2024 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 23 1206Google Scholar
[5] Zhao B, Huang C, Yang J N, Song J K, Guan C L, Luo X G 2020 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 19 982Google Scholar
[6] Dhumal A, Mahesh S B, Bhardwaj A, Saikia M, Malik S, Srivastava K V 2023 IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat. 65 96Google Scholar
[7] Ghosh S, Ghosh J, Singh M S, Sarkhel A 2023 IEEE Trans. Circuits Syst. Express Briefs 70 76Google Scholar
[8] Xi Y, Jiang W, Wei K, Hong T, Gong S X 2023 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 71 422Google Scholar
[9] Yu J, Jiang W, Gong S X 2020 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 19 1058Google Scholar
[10] Wang C, Li Y F, Feng M C, Wang J F, Ma H, Zhang J Q, Qu S B 2019 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 67 6508Google Scholar
[11] Huang C, Pan W B, Ma X L, Luo X G 2016 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 15 448Google Scholar
[12] Chen K, Feng Y J, Monticone F, Zhao J M, Zhu B, Jiang T, Zhang L, Kim Y, Ding X M, Zhang S, Alu A, Qiu C W 2017 Adv. Mater. 29 1606422Google Scholar
[13] Ha T D, Zhu L, AlSaab N, Chen P Y, Guo J L 2023 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 71 67Google Scholar
[14] Zhang T Z, Pang X Y, Zhang H, Zheng Q 2023 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 22 665Google Scholar
[15] Li T, Yang H H, Li Q, Jidi L R, Cao X Y, Gao J 2021 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 69 5325Google Scholar
[16] Yang H H, Cao X Y, Yang F, Gao J, Xu S H, Li M, Chen X B, Zhao Y, Zheng Y J, Li S J 2016 Sci. Rep. 6 35692Google Scholar
[17] 冯奎胜, 李娜, 杨欢欢 2021 70 194101Google Scholar
Feng K S, Li N, Yang H H 2021 Acta Phys. Sin. 70 194101Google Scholar
[18] Liu T, Cao X Y, Gao J, Zheng Q Y, Li W Q, Yang H H 2013 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 61 1479Google Scholar
[19] Zhang Z C, Huang M, Chen Y K, Qu S W, Hu J, Yang S W 2020 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 68 7927Google Scholar
[20] Tan Y, Yuan N, Yang Y, Fu Y Q 2011 Electron Lett. 47 582Google Scholar
[21] Zheng Y J, Gao J, Cao X Y, Yuan Z D, Yang H H 2015 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 14 1582Google Scholar
[22] Liu Y, Liu Z S, Wang Q, Jia Y T 2021 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 69 8955Google Scholar
[23] Liu J, Li J Y, Chen Z N 2022 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 70 3834Google Scholar
[24] Yao W, Gao H T, Tian Y, Wu J, Guo L Y, Huang X J 2023 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 71 5663Google Scholar
[25] Liu Y, Jia Y T, Zhang W B, Li F 2020 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 68 3644Google Scholar
[26] Zhu L, Sun J W, Hao Z Y, Kuai X L, Zhang H H, Cao Q S 2023 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 22 975Google Scholar
[27] Guo Q X, Chen Q, Su J X, Li Z R 2024 IEEE Antennas Wirel. Propag. Lett. 23 768Google Scholar
[28] Yang H H, Li T, Xu L M, Cao X Y, Jidi L R, Guo Z X, Li P, Gao J 2021 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 69 1239Google Scholar
[29] Yang H H, Li T, Jidi L R, Gao K, Li Q, Qiao J X, Li S J, Cao X Y, Cui T J 2023 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 71 4075Google Scholar
[30] Wang P F, Jia Y T, Hu W Y, Liu Y, Lei H Y, Sun H B, Cui T J 2023 IEEE Trans. Antennas Propag. 71 5626Google Scholar
[31] Ren J Y, Jiang W, Gong S X 2018 IEEE Microwaves Antennas Propag. 12 1793Google Scholar
[32] Jia Y T, Liu T, Zhang W B, Wang J, Liao G S 2018 IEEE Access 6 23561Google Scholar
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