Dual-Polarized Slot-Coupled Microstrip Antenna with Very High Isolation

A wideband dual-polarized slot-coupled stacked microstrip antenna with very high isolation and low cross-polarization is presented. To improve isolation between two poiarization ports, the stacked patches are excited by an open-ended and a T-shaped microstrip lines both via two H-shaped slots placed in a ＂T＂ configuration. The measured isolation is better than 40.5 dB over the bandwidth from 8.8 to 9.8 GHz with cross-polarization level less than - 28.5 dB. The measured VSWR ≤ 2 bandwidths reach 20.7 96 and 19.196 at the verrical and horizontal polarization ports, respectively. This antenna is suitable to be used as array elements in spacebome synthetic aperture radars （SAR） and active phased array radars.

Broadband printed antennas and dual-polarized microstrip and waveguide slot antenna arrays

In order to meet the urgent needs in wireless communications, microwave image synthetic aperture radars （SAR）, and electronic warfare systems, this dissertation studies several types of broadband dual-polarized planar antenna elements and arrays, and proposes a few of novel designs with experimental verification. The main accomplishments reported in the dissertation are as follows.

Dual-polarized lens antenna based on multimode metasurfaces

We propose a dual-polarized lens antenna system based on isotropic metasurfaces for 12 GHz applications. The metasurface lens is composed of subwavelength unit cells（0.24λ0） with metallic strips etched on the top and bottom sides of the unit cell, and a cross-slots metallic layer in the middle that serves as the ground. The multimode resonance in the unit cell can realize a large phase shift（covering 0？–360？）, and the total transmission efficiency of the lens is above 80%.The feed antenna at the focal point of the lens is a broadband dual-polarized microstrip antenna. Both the simulated and the measured results demonstrate that the dual-polarized lens antenna system can realize a gain of more than 16.1 dB, and an input port isolation of more than 25.0 dB.

Compact Interlaced Dual Circularly Polarized Sequentially Rotated Dielectric-Resonator Antenna Array

In this study,a compact 2×2 interlaced sequentially rotated dual-polarized dielectric-resonator antenna array is proposed for 5.8 GHz applications.The array is composed of a novel unit elements that are made of rectangular dielectric resonator(RDR)coupled to an eye slot for generating the orthogonal modes,TEδx 21 and TE1yδ1 to acquire circular polarization(CP)radiation.For the purpose of miniaturization and achieving dual polarized resonance,the array is fed by two interlaced ports and each port excites two radiating elements.The first port feeds horizontal elements to obtain left hand circular polarization(LHCP).The second port feeds vertical elements to obtain right hand circular polarization(RHCP).A quarter-wave length transformer is employed to reduce the attenuation and consequently increase the array gain performance.The 35×35 mm2(0.676λ0×0.676λ0)gains were 8.4 and 8.2 dBi for port 1 and port 2,respectively,with port isolations of−33.51 dB.The design achieves a voltage standing-wave ratio(VSWR)<−10 dB and an axial ratio(AR)<−3 dB bandwidth of 2.48%(5.766 to 5.911 GHz)for LHCP at port 1 and a VSWR<−10 dB and AR<−3 dB bandwidth of 2.28%(5.788 to 5.922 GHz)for RHCP at port 2.The findings of the proposed design validate its use for ISM band applications.

A Compact Wideband Dual-Polarized Printed Antenna with Coaxial Feeds for TD-SCDMA Application

In this article, a low-profile wideband dual-polarized planar printed dipole antenna, fed by coaxial lines, is investigated for the TD-SCDMA operation. The antenna is composed of two printed dipoles, two pairs of feeding coaxial lines and a ground. The single-polarized planar printed rectangular dipole and petal dipole, with the similar configuration, are first studied, exhibiting the potential wideband operation. Two petal dipoles are then cross-arranged to design a dual-polarized planar printed antenna, giving a lower profile and a better bandwidth covering the Chinese TD-SCDMA band (1880-2400 MHz). The dual-polarized antenna is simply excited by two pairs of coaxial feeds. Simulated and measured results show that the antenna achieves a common impedance bandwidth of 42% at both ports, good isolation of more than 25 dB, stable radiation patterns and the gain of about 7 dBi over the operating bandwidth.

A New Dual Polarized Aperture-Coupled Printed Array for SAR Applications

This paper presents a new design of dual polarized aperture coupled printed antenna array. The finite difference time domain (FDTD) analysis of an aperture coupled microstrip element is performed, and the effects of antenna parameters on its characteristics are obtained to guide the design of the printed array. Then an 8×2 dual polarized array design in X band is introduced with configuration plots. In order to improve its isolation and cross polarization, an outphase displacement feeding technique is adopted in the feed network. Also, the round bends are used instead of conventional right angle bends so as to achieve better VSWR performance. Experimental results are presented, indicating the validity of the design. This dual polarized array can be applied as a sub array of spaceborne SAR systems.

Wideband dual-polarized slot-coupled microstrip array for synthetic aperture radar application

An 8 × 1-element wideband dual-polarized slot-coupled microstrip antenna array with high isolation and low crosspolarization in X-band is presented. The array antenna offers an impedance bandwidth （VSWR≤2） of 23% and 21% for dual polarization ports, respectively. The measured isolation between two polarization ports is better than 35 dB and the measured cross-polarization level below -25 dB in the main beam over the operation frequency band of 9.35 GHz to 9.75 GHz. This array is well suitable for X-band SAR （synthetic aperture radar） antenna apphcation.

A Low Profile Four-Way Directional Antenna with Dual Polarization

This paper presents a low profile dual polarized directional antenna composed of loop and dipole arrays mounted on a ground plane with each loops and dipoles being fed independently. Each loop antenna is paired with a reflector while each dipole antenna is paired with a director and a reflector. The proposed antenna is intended for an indoor base station (BS) with resonance frequency of 2.4 GHz and capable of producing four orthogonal directional pattern with downward elevation angle equals to 30°;and half power bandwidth (HPBW) less than 80°;in both vertical and horizontal polarization. The reflection characteristics of the loop and dipole arrays are less than -10 dB and the mutual coupling between the vertical and horizontal polarization elements is nearly less than -20 dB. In later progress, the dipole antenna was substituted with printed dipole antenna to achieve a better performance. Both the calculated and measured results demonstrated that the desired radiation patterns were achieved, and the measured results agreed well with the calculated ones. Consequently, a low profile antenna with a thickness of 0.16 λ (20 mm) having the expected radiation pattern is successfully designed.

Channel modeling and influenced factor analysis of the broadband dual-orthogonal polarized MIMO land mobile satellite channel

An accurate, complete and realistic channel model is re- quired to accurately analyze the system performance of a multiple input multiple output （MIMO） broadband satellite mobile commu- nication system with dual-orthogonal polarized antennas （DPAs）. In most current studies, the channel characteristic matrix （CCM） is always formed by an independent identical distribution （i.i.d） model of Rayleigh or Rice distribution and nevertheless incomplete and inaccurate to describe a broadband dual-orthogonal polarized MIMO land mobile satellite （BDM-LMS） channel. This paper fo- cuses on establishing the BDM-LMS channel statistical model, which combines the 4-state broadband LMS channel model, the time selective fading features, the channel covariance information （CCI） channel model and polarization correlations between an- tennas. The modeling steps of the channel model are introduced. The main emphasis is placed on the effects of the factors, such as antenna numbers, temporal correlations, terminal environments, elevation angles and polarization correlations between the DPAs, on the channel capacity in the BDM-LMS system. Many simulation results are provided to illustrate the effects of these factors through comparisons of the transmit rate, ergodic capacity and outage capacity with different factor values. Besides, the MIMO outage capacity advantages, which indicate the benefits of MIMO com- pared with a single input single output （SISO） system under the same channel condition, are also studied under i.i.d or BDM-LMS channel.

Corner Fed Microstrip Antenna Analysisfor Dual Polarization

This paper investigates a corner fed microstrip patch antenna by means of the cavity model with proposed feed modeling. The input impedance and radiation patterns for a corner feed are calculated. The mutual coupling between two corner feeds is investigated. An improvement in mutual coupling has been found for corner feeds relative to edge feeds, which is helpful for the design of dual polarized antenna arrays in wireless communication and radar applications.

一种基于天线-移相器-天线单元结构的双宽带线圆极化器

线圆极化转换器在卫星通信天线系统中可发挥重要作用,针对K/Ka频段卫星通信的需求,采用天线-移相器-天线(AFA)结构,通过独立设计双频带内接收和发射天线,提出了一款双频宽带线圆极化器。通过堆叠贴片的方式引入新的谐振点,从而拓展极化器的工作带宽。所设计的极化器单元尺寸为0.4λ_(K)×0.37λ_(K)×0.27λ_(K),可在K波段将入射x方向线极化波转换为右旋圆极化波,并在Ka波段将入射y方向线极化波转换为左旋圆极化波。实测结果表明:在保证入射角为0°~25°范围内,该极化器响应稳定,在K和Ka波段的工作带宽分别为9.8%(18.3~20.2 GHz)和7.8%(28.5~30.82 GHz)。

Design of a Magneto-Electric Dipole Element for Mobile Communication Base Station Antennas

The magneto-electric dipole antenna is a kind of complementary antenna composed of a planar electric dipole and a shorted patch antenna. It has excellent electrical characteristics including wide impedance bandwidth, low cross-polarization, low back lobe radiation, nearly identical E-plane and H-plane patterns, stable radiation pattern, and steady antenna gain over the operating frequency range. In this paper, the basic characteristics of a linearly polarized magneto-electric dipole antenna are reviewed, and a dual-polarized antenna element based on the magneto-electric dipole is presented. The design of a conical beam wideband antenna with horizontal polarization is also described. These antennas have practical applications in modern 2G, 3G, LTE, WiFi, and WiMax wireless communication systems.

Polarization Reconfigurable Patch Antenna for Wireless Power Transfer Related Applications

A polarized reconfigurable patch antenna is proposed in this paper.The proposed antenna is a dual cross-polarized patch antenna with a programmable power divider.The programmable power divider consists of two branch line couplers(BLC)and a digital phase shifter.By adjusting the phase of the phase shifter,the power ratio of the power divider can be changed,and thus the feed power to the antenna input port can be changed to reconfigure the antenna polarization.The phase-controlled power divider and the cross dual-polarized antenna are designed,fabricated and tested,and then they are combined to realize the polarized reconfigurable antenna.By moving the phase of the phase shifter,the antenna polarization is reconfigured into vertical polarization(VP),horizontal polarization(HP),and circular polarization(CP).The test is conducted at the frequency of 915 MHz,which is widely used for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer(SWIPT)in radio-frequency identification(RFID)applications.The results demonstrate that when the antenna is configured as CP,the axial ratio of the antenna is less than 3 dB,and when the antenna is configured as HP or VP,the axial ratio of the antenna exceeds 20 dB.Finally,experiments are conducted to verify the influence of antenna polarization changes on wireless power transmitting.As expected,the reconfigured antenna polarization can help improve the power transmitting efficiency.

一种新型双频双圆极化复合微带天线设计

针对空间微波能量收集的应用场景,提出了一种微带线行波激励的双端口双频双圆极化复合微带天线。该天线由一个工作在低频段的微带圆环和一个工作在高频段的微带圆片复合而成,分别由两种不同的正交十字缝隙耦合馈电,采用微带线级联依次相差90°顺序旋转四馈电实现圆极化,通过对称性结构设计,分别从两个不同端口输入获得双圆极化性能。实验结果表明:在880~960 MHz和1.85~2.45 GHz频带内S11<−10 dB,阻抗相对带宽分别为8.7%和30%;在885~920 MHz和1.86~2.43 GHz频带内轴比小于3 dB,圆极化相对带宽分别为4%和29%;天线的方向性在工作频段内良好,在低频段增益达到5.4 dB,在高频段增益达到7.7 dB。该天线结构紧凑且加工简单,为双端口双频双圆极化天线的研究与设计提供了新思路。

一种宽带±45°双线极化阵列天线设计

为了满足宽带大功率相控阵极化调整、灵活干扰的应用需求,需要对±45°双线极化的阵列天线开展研究。阵元主体由金属交叉偶极子构成,通过引入金属寄生层、宽角匹配层进一步拓展了工作带宽,改善了大角度扫描特性;采用同轴巴伦实现平衡馈电和阻抗变换,使用金属反射腔体调节组阵后相邻单元间的边界条件,从而优化了阵元间的互耦特性。实验与仿真结果表明,该阵列天线在0.96 GHz~2 GHz的工作频段内具有良好的辐射特性,可以实现二维±30°的波束扫描;并且,该阵列天线具有结构简单、易于安装、耐功率性能好的特点,适合于大功率宽带干扰相控阵系统的应用。

一种用于射频识别阅读器的双频宽带圆极化天线

该文设计了一种紧凑的用作射频识别(RFID)阅读器的双频宽带圆极化天线。天线由弯折处理的矩形贴片、L形贴片和三角形地板构成,通过微带线进行馈电。两个辐射贴片分别独立控制高低两个频段,其轴比带宽也可独立调整,三角形地板可以使横向电流和纵向电流发生变化,从而改变横向电流和纵向电流的比值大小,实现圆极化性能。天线尺寸为0.92λ_(0)×0.92λ_(0)×0.0064λ_(0)(λ_(0)为2.40 GHz时的自由空间波长)。测试结果表明在超高频(UHF)频段该天线实现了49%(0.77~1.27 GHz)的阻抗带宽和46%(0.84~1.34 GHz)的轴比带宽,在无线局域网(WLAN)频段实现了47.5%(1.54~2.50 GHz)的阻抗带宽和24.2%(1.96~2.50 GHz)的轴比带宽,可以完整覆盖UHF和WLAN两个频段,具有良好的辐射特性。与其他双频圆极化天线相比,该天线整体结构紧凑、设计简单、避免了使用复杂的馈电网络,且具有较宽的3 dB轴比带宽。

双圆极化近场成像张量全息超表面

近场波束赋形可用于近场通信、无线功率传输等领域,而基于全息超表面设计的近场成像天线具有剖面低、无需馈电网络和波束调控灵活等优势。对标量和张量全息超表面近场成像进行了理论推导、仿真分析和实物验证。在此基础上,利用张量全息超表面设计了一款集成平面馈源的近场成像天线,全波仿真和测试结果相吻合,验证了该超表面具有可同时利用左旋和右旋圆极化进行近场成像的能力。

基于诱导磁的惠更斯超表面与毫米波透镜天线应用

超表面因强大的电磁操控能力,在现代无线通信及毫米波雷达等领域展现出巨大的应用潜力。在结构极简的超表面上实现尽可能丰富的电磁功能是工程界孜孜以求的目标。以诱导磁机制为出发点,对结构极简的惠更斯超表面进行了系统性研究,并对其在毫米波透镜天线中的潜在应用进行了全面综述。诱导磁机制能够利用单层印制电路板(Printed Circuit Board,PCB)基板的双层金属图案激发磁谐振,进而激发惠更斯谐振,在电磁波调控方面突破了传统频率选择表面的移相限制,并为在结构极简的超表面上实现高效的透射波操控铺平了道路。惠更斯超表面的潜在应用包括单极化、双极化、双频带、低剖面和透/反双功能超透镜天线设计。由于可以使用单层PCB基板制备,制备容易、成本低廉,基于诱导磁的惠更斯超表面对于未来天线工程有着重要的应用价值。

面向2G~5G通信的双频双极化基站天线设计

为满足多种通信制式融合的无线通信需求,提出一款覆盖2G、3G、LTE、Sub-6 GHz波段的交叉偶极子基站天线。2对呈±45°正交的偶极子用以实现天线的双极化特性,辐射单元中的扇形内环、钻石状的外环分别对应天线要实现的低频以及高频波段,可以通过对内环以及外环结构参数的调整实现对2个频段的独立控制。天线上方的寄生贴片用以优化天线阻抗匹配。通过制作实物,测得天线在2个频段分别具有49.9%(1.70~2.80 GHz)和19.2%(3.20~3.88 GHz)的相对带宽,隔离度整体优于20 dB,主视轴的交叉极化比优于21 dB,2个波段的半功率波束宽分别为66°±5°、78°±6°。与已有研究比较,该天线结构简单,在交叉极化和增益方面具有显著优势。

一种宽带双极化波束切换微带天线的设计

以海港码头集装箱堆场的远程(无人化)操控系统为应用背景,提出一种控制方法简单和可实现性好的宽带双极化波束切换微带天线系统。该系统整体由微带阵列天线和波束控制电路两部分组成,其中微带阵列天线包含天线阵A和天线阵B两种类型。所涉及的双极化微带天线采用新型双贴片结构,使得天线实现较宽工作带宽的同时保持较高的极化隔离度;同时,通过在底层辐射贴片上开正方形环槽,实现天线的小型化。波束控制电路采用SP6T射频开关芯片,通过合理的电路设计布局,将两组射频开关集成于一块电路板,在保证低损耗、高速的多波束切换的同时减小了电路尺寸。实测结果表明:该天线的带宽达到21.8%(反射系数小于-10 dB),隔离度大于20 dB,在整个工作频段内该天线系统六个波束能够无缝覆盖-90°~90°工作区,增益优于12 dBi,双极化性能良好。