A C-band quad-cluster low-profile broadband circularly polarized antenna array based on sequentially rotating metasurface-based

This paper proposes a metasurface-based left-handed circularly polarized (CP) sequential rotating metasurface-based (MTS) antenna array for C-band. The array comprises a cluster of 4 × 4 periodically aligned MTS cells, which exhibit excellent performance at a low profile of 0.08 λ<inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf>. The antenna array is constructed on a Rogers RO4003 dielectric board in two layers. The upper surface of the upper layer is the MTS, the floor has a gap between the upper and lower layers, and the lower surface of the lower layer is the sequential feed network. The simulation conducted in HFSS software yielded an integrated bandwidth (IBW) of 95% (3.79-8.54 GHz) and an antenna radiation bandwidth (ARBW) of 49.8% (3.77-6.26 GHz), respectively. The dimensions of the antenna are 1.33λ<inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf> × 1.33λ<inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf> × 0.08λ<inf xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</inf>. This configuration results in a miniaturized, compact, and low-profile antenna array. This antenna configuration is applicable to satellite communications using circularly polarized waves through MTS units.