Characterization of tiled architecture for C-band 1-bit beam-steering transmitarray

Dmitry Kozlov; Irina Munina; Pavel Turalchuk; Vitalii Kirillov; Alexey Shitvov; Dmitry Zelenchuk

doi:10.3390/s21041259

Characterization of tiled architecture for C-band 1-bit beam-steering transmitarray

Dmitry Kozlov, Irina Munina, Pavel Turalchuk, Vitalii Kirillov, Alexey Shitvov, Dmitry Zelenchuk^*

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Queen's University Belfast

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A new implementation of a beam-steering transmitarray is proposed based on the tiled array architecture. Each pixel of the transmitarray is manufactured as a standalone unit which can be hard-wired for specific transmission characteristics. A set of complementary units, providing reciprocal phase-shifts, can be assembled in a prescribed spatial phase-modulation pattern to perform beam steering and beam forming in a broad spatial range. A compact circuit model of the tiled unit cell is proposed and characterized with full-wave electromagnetic simulations. Waveguide measurements of a prototype unit cell have been carried out. A design example of a tiled 10 × 10-element 1-bit beam-steering transmitarray is presented and its performance benchmarked against the conventional single-panel, i.e., unibody, counterpart. Prototypes of the tiled and single-panel C-band transmitarrays have been fabricated and tested, demonstrating their close performance, good agreement with simulations and a weak effect of fabrication tolerances. The proposed transmitarray antenna configuration has great potential for fifth-generation (5G) communication systems.

Original language	English
Article number	1259
Number of pages	13
Journal	Sensors (Switzerland)
Volume	21
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/s21041259
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2021

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This research was funded by the Russian Science Foundation under Project 17-79-20374 and A.S. was supported by The Royal Society under Grant IE160128 and D.Z. was supported by The Royal Society under Grant IES\R1\191236236. The APC was funded by MDPI.

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Keywords

Antenna array
Antenna measurements
Beam pattern
Beam steering
Equivalent circuit modelling
Transmitarray

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Analytical Chemistry
Biochemistry
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Instrumentation
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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