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A Method for Transmitarray Antenna Profile Reduction Based on Ray Tracing Principle

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Tang-Jing Li
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Guangming Wang
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Liang, Jian-gang
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Haipeng Li *
DOI:10.1109/LAWP.2022.3200991delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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In this letter, a method named double phase-compensation is first proposed to drastically reduce the profile of traditional transmitarray antenna (TA) based on ray tracing principle. Previously, the folded transmitarray antenna (FTA) has realized the profile reduction to 1/3. It is known that there is an urgent need for more compact antenna nowadays. If the FTA's profile is further reduced, the focus-to-diameter (F/D) ratio should be decreased which will result in obvious aperture efficiency reduction. To further reduce the FTA's profile with unchanged F/D for keeping high efficiency, the extra phase compensation is innovatively added on the FTA's reflector. Hence the TA's profile can be reduced to lower than 1/3 and be flexibly adjusted as needed. Three FTA models are designed for comparison and demonstration. The simulation and experimental results indicate that the extra phase compensation successfully alleviates the efficiency drop caused by directly reducing the profile of FTA. Significantly, the method provides an efficient approach to further improve the compactness of antenna system and is very meaningful for TA miniaturization.
Keywords:
Double phase-compensation
miniaturization
profile reduction
ray tracing principle
transmitarray antenna

Journal

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters cover
IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters
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Air Force Engineering University
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national university of defense technology - china
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