A perforated dielectric metasurface using 3-D printing for aperture antenna performance improvement

Md Yeakub Ali, Ali Lalbakhsh, Foez Ahmed, Sina Hasibi Taheri, Mohsen Asadnia

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Abstract

A simple and planar single-dielectric perforated metasurface is presented in this paper for performance improvement of conventional resonant cavity antennas (RCAs). The proposed metasurface performs phase transformation to make the non-uniform aperture phase nearly uniform by providing the necessary phase delays in different positions on top of the antenna aperture. Near-field phase transformation (NFPT) technique has been followed to design the proposed structure. The meta surface consists of unit cells that are made of dielectric material with air inclusion into it. All the cells are highly transmissive, and their transmission coefficient $(\vert S_{21}\vert)$ is greater than -0.85 dB. The aperture efficiency of the RCA with the proposed metasurface is significantly improved to 77.9 %. The peak gain and 3-dB directivity bandwidth are improved by 4.6 dBi and 8.8%, respectively. The proposed phase correcting metasurface (PCM) can be easily fabricated using a commonly available 3-D printer and commercially available RF -graded PPREPERM TP20280 3-D printing filament to achieve the desired performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information and Communication Technology (ICEEICT)
Subtitle of host publicationproceedings
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages1038-1041
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9798350385779
ISBN (Print)9798350385786
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information and Communication Technology, ICEEICT 2024 - Dhaka, Bangladesh
Duration: 2 May 20244 May 2024

Publication series

Name
ISSN (Print)2475-1995
ISSN (Electronic)2769-5700

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information and Communication Technology, ICEEICT 2024
Country/TerritoryBangladesh
CityDhaka
Period2/05/244/05/24

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