For future healthcare in the terahertz(THz)band,a triple-band microstrip planar antenna integrated with metamaterial(MTM)based on a polyimide substrate is presented.The frequencies of operation are 500,600,and 880 GHz...For future healthcare in the terahertz(THz)band,a triple-band microstrip planar antenna integrated with metamaterial(MTM)based on a polyimide substrate is presented.The frequencies of operation are 500,600,and 880 GHz.The triple-band capability is accomplished by etching metamaterial on the patch without affecting the overall antenna size.Instead of a partial ground plane,a full ground plane is used as a buffer to shield the body from back radiation emitted by the antenna.The overall dimension of the proposed antenna is 484×484μm^(2).The antenna’s performance is investigated based on different crucial factors,and excellent results are demonstrated.The gain for the frequencies 500,600,880GHz is 6.41,6.77,10.1 dB,respectively while the efficiency for the same frequencies is 90%,95%,96%,respectively.Further research has been conducted by mounting the presented antenna on a single phantom layer with varying dielectric constants.The results show that the design works equally well with and without the phantom model,in contrast to a partially ground antenna,whose performance is influenced by the presence of the phantom model.As a result,the presented antenna could be helpful for future healthcare applications in the THz band.展开更多
A multi-band metamaterial antenna is proposed to operate at the terahertz(THz)band for medical applications.The proposed structure is designed on a polyimide as a support layer,and its radiating elements are made of g...A multi-band metamaterial antenna is proposed to operate at the terahertz(THz)band for medical applications.The proposed structure is designed on a polyimide as a support layer,and its radiating elements are made of graphene.Initially,the design is started with a conventional shape showing a single operating frequency at 1.1 THz.To achieve a multi-band operating frequency,the conventional shape was replaced with the proposed metamaterial as a radiating patch that has properties not exist in nature.The multi-band frequencies are obtained without compromising the overall size of the design.The overall size is 600×600×25μm^(3).The operating frequencies are 0.36,0.49,0.69,0.87,and 1.04 THz.A full ground plane is used to behave as isolation between the design and the human body model.The proposed design is investigated on free space and on the human body model,showing excellent performance in both cases.The achieved gains for the following frequencies 0.36,0.49,0.69,0.87,and 1.04 THz are 4.81,6.5,8.41,6.02,and 7.96 dB,respectively,while the efficiencies are 83.91%,96.28%,90.80%,91.71%,and 92.99%,respectively.The conventional design was modified to have a partial ground to show the benefit of using the full ground.The design is loaded on the human body model and its performance is affected.The efficiency and gain are 6.61 dB and 95.58.7%for the case of no human body model,and 4.26 dB and 40.30%for the case of using a human body model.Hence,the proposed metamaterial antenna will be useful for future medical applications in the THz band.展开更多
A reflectarray antenna consisting of asymmetrical patch elements is proposed,which is capable of producing dual linear and dual circular polarized operation at 26GHz frequency.The main purpose of this design is to sup...A reflectarray antenna consisting of asymmetrical patch elements is proposed,which is capable of producing dual linear and dual circular polarized operation at 26GHz frequency.The main purpose of this design is to support four different polarizations using the same patch element.The proposed reflectarray has a single layer configuration with a linearly polarized feed and circular ring slots in the ground plane.Asymmetric patch element is designed from a square patch element by tilting its one vertical side to some optimized inclination.A wide reflection phase range of 600°is obtained with the asymmetric patch element during unit cell measurements.A 332 element circular aperture reflectarray is designed with the proposed configuration and experimentally validated with a linearly polarized prime feed configuration.Two different orientations of mirror and non-mirror asymmetric patch elements on the surface of reflectarray are analyzed.Dual linear polarization is obtained with the mirror orientation of the asymmetric patch elements on the surface of reflectarray.Alternatively,asymmetric patch elements without mirror orientation are demonstrated to produce dual circular polarization with the same linearly polarized feed.A maximum measured gain of 24.4 dB and 26.1 dB is achieved for dual linear and dual circular polarization,respectively.Their respective measured efficiencies are 28%and 41.3%,which are supported by amaximum−3 dB gain bandwidth of 13.8%and 11.5%.The circular polarization operation of the reflectarray is also supported by a 6 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 9.2%.The proposed asymmetric patch reflectarray antenna with polarization diversity,wide bandwidth and high gain is suitable to be used in many high frequency applications of 5G communication.展开更多
This work provides the design and analysis of a single layer,linearly polarized millimeter wave reflectarray antenna with mutual coupling optimization.Detailed analysis was carried out at 26GHz design frequency using ...This work provides the design and analysis of a single layer,linearly polarized millimeter wave reflectarray antenna with mutual coupling optimization.Detailed analysis was carried out at 26GHz design frequency using the simulations of the reflectarray unit cells as well as the periodic reflectarray antenna.The simulated results were verified by the scattering parameter and far-fieldmeasurements of the unit cell and periodic arrays,respectively.Aclose agreement between the simulated and measured results was observed in all the cases.Apart from the unit cells and reflectarray,the waveguide and horn antenna were also fabricated to be used in the measurements.The measured scattering parameter results of the proposed circular ring unit cells provided a maximum reflection loss of 2.8 dB with phase errors below 10°.On the other hand,the measured far-field results of the 20×20 reflectarray antenna provided a maximum gain of 26.45 dB with a maximum 3 dB beam width of 12°and 1 dB gain drop bandwidth of 13.1%.The performance demonstrated by the proposed reflectarray antenna makes it a potential candidate to be used in modern-day applications such as 5th Generation(5G)and 6th Generation(6G)communication systems.展开更多
文摘For future healthcare in the terahertz(THz)band,a triple-band microstrip planar antenna integrated with metamaterial(MTM)based on a polyimide substrate is presented.The frequencies of operation are 500,600,and 880 GHz.The triple-band capability is accomplished by etching metamaterial on the patch without affecting the overall antenna size.Instead of a partial ground plane,a full ground plane is used as a buffer to shield the body from back radiation emitted by the antenna.The overall dimension of the proposed antenna is 484×484μm^(2).The antenna’s performance is investigated based on different crucial factors,and excellent results are demonstrated.The gain for the frequencies 500,600,880GHz is 6.41,6.77,10.1 dB,respectively while the efficiency for the same frequencies is 90%,95%,96%,respectively.Further research has been conducted by mounting the presented antenna on a single phantom layer with varying dielectric constants.The results show that the design works equally well with and without the phantom model,in contrast to a partially ground antenna,whose performance is influenced by the presence of the phantom model.As a result,the presented antenna could be helpful for future healthcare applications in the THz band.
基金the Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University for funding this work through Research Group No.RG-21–12–08.The initials of authors who receive the Grant are:ZAS.The URL of the sponsor’s website:https://units.imamu.edu.sa/deanships/sr/Pages/default.aspx.
文摘A multi-band metamaterial antenna is proposed to operate at the terahertz(THz)band for medical applications.The proposed structure is designed on a polyimide as a support layer,and its radiating elements are made of graphene.Initially,the design is started with a conventional shape showing a single operating frequency at 1.1 THz.To achieve a multi-band operating frequency,the conventional shape was replaced with the proposed metamaterial as a radiating patch that has properties not exist in nature.The multi-band frequencies are obtained without compromising the overall size of the design.The overall size is 600×600×25μm^(3).The operating frequencies are 0.36,0.49,0.69,0.87,and 1.04 THz.A full ground plane is used to behave as isolation between the design and the human body model.The proposed design is investigated on free space and on the human body model,showing excellent performance in both cases.The achieved gains for the following frequencies 0.36,0.49,0.69,0.87,and 1.04 THz are 4.81,6.5,8.41,6.02,and 7.96 dB,respectively,while the efficiencies are 83.91%,96.28%,90.80%,91.71%,and 92.99%,respectively.The conventional design was modified to have a partial ground to show the benefit of using the full ground.The design is loaded on the human body model and its performance is affected.The efficiency and gain are 6.61 dB and 95.58.7%for the case of no human body model,and 4.26 dB and 40.30%for the case of using a human body model.Hence,the proposed metamaterial antenna will be useful for future medical applications in the THz band.
基金The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University for funding this work through Research Group No.RG-21-12-08.The initials of the authors who receive the grant are:ZAS.The URL of the sponsor’s website:https://units.imamu.edu.sa/deanships/sr/Pages/default.aspx.
文摘A reflectarray antenna consisting of asymmetrical patch elements is proposed,which is capable of producing dual linear and dual circular polarized operation at 26GHz frequency.The main purpose of this design is to support four different polarizations using the same patch element.The proposed reflectarray has a single layer configuration with a linearly polarized feed and circular ring slots in the ground plane.Asymmetric patch element is designed from a square patch element by tilting its one vertical side to some optimized inclination.A wide reflection phase range of 600°is obtained with the asymmetric patch element during unit cell measurements.A 332 element circular aperture reflectarray is designed with the proposed configuration and experimentally validated with a linearly polarized prime feed configuration.Two different orientations of mirror and non-mirror asymmetric patch elements on the surface of reflectarray are analyzed.Dual linear polarization is obtained with the mirror orientation of the asymmetric patch elements on the surface of reflectarray.Alternatively,asymmetric patch elements without mirror orientation are demonstrated to produce dual circular polarization with the same linearly polarized feed.A maximum measured gain of 24.4 dB and 26.1 dB is achieved for dual linear and dual circular polarization,respectively.Their respective measured efficiencies are 28%and 41.3%,which are supported by amaximum−3 dB gain bandwidth of 13.8%and 11.5%.The circular polarization operation of the reflectarray is also supported by a 6 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 9.2%.The proposed asymmetric patch reflectarray antenna with polarization diversity,wide bandwidth and high gain is suitable to be used in many high frequency applications of 5G communication.
基金The authors extend their appreciation to the Deanship of Scientific Research at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University for funding this work through Research Group No.RG-21-12-08.
文摘This work provides the design and analysis of a single layer,linearly polarized millimeter wave reflectarray antenna with mutual coupling optimization.Detailed analysis was carried out at 26GHz design frequency using the simulations of the reflectarray unit cells as well as the periodic reflectarray antenna.The simulated results were verified by the scattering parameter and far-fieldmeasurements of the unit cell and periodic arrays,respectively.Aclose agreement between the simulated and measured results was observed in all the cases.Apart from the unit cells and reflectarray,the waveguide and horn antenna were also fabricated to be used in the measurements.The measured scattering parameter results of the proposed circular ring unit cells provided a maximum reflection loss of 2.8 dB with phase errors below 10°.On the other hand,the measured far-field results of the 20×20 reflectarray antenna provided a maximum gain of 26.45 dB with a maximum 3 dB beam width of 12°and 1 dB gain drop bandwidth of 13.1%.The performance demonstrated by the proposed reflectarray antenna makes it a potential candidate to be used in modern-day applications such as 5th Generation(5G)and 6th Generation(6G)communication systems.
