Multibeam dual-circularly polarized reflectarray for connected and autonomous vehicles
Multibeam dual-circularly polarized reflectarray for connected and autonomous vehicles
This paper presents a multibeam dual-circularly polarized (CP) reflectarray for connected and autonomous vehicles. The developed reflectarray uses one aperture to realize dual-band and multibeam operation. At each frequency band, there are two simultaneously shaped beams with different circular polarizations. Totally four beams are obtained with a single feed and each of the beams can be independently controlled. A simple but effective polarization suppression technique is introduced to suppress cross polarizations at large scan angles so the CP beam of the reflectarray can be configured to point at large angles. Thus, the present reflectarray is suitable to be applied to vehicles for reliable high data-rate satellite communications. To validate the design concept, an X-band prototype was designed, fabricated, and measured. The design concept is flexible and can be applied to the design of dual-band, dual-CP reflectarray with different frequencies ratios. Moreover, the present design can also be extended to a continuous beam-steering design by incorporating phase shifters.
circular polarization (CP), dual-band, multibeam, reflectarray, Satcom-on-the-Move, Vehicles
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Luo, Qi
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Gao, Steven
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Li, Wenting
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Sobhy, Mohammed
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Bakaimi, Ioanna
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De Groot, C. H.Kees
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Hayden, Brian
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Reaney, Ian
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Yang, Xuexia
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1 April 2019
Luo, Qi
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Gao, Steven
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Li, Wenting
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Sobhy, Mohammed
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Bakaimi, Ioanna
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De Groot, C. H.Kees
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Hayden, Brian
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Reaney, Ian
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Yang, Xuexia
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Luo, Qi, Gao, Steven, Li, Wenting, Sobhy, Mohammed, Bakaimi, Ioanna, De Groot, C. H.Kees, Hayden, Brian, Reaney, Ian and Yang, Xuexia
(2019)
Multibeam dual-circularly polarized reflectarray for connected and autonomous vehicles.
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 68 (4), , [8633341].
(doi:10.1109/TVT.2019.2897218).
Abstract
This paper presents a multibeam dual-circularly polarized (CP) reflectarray for connected and autonomous vehicles. The developed reflectarray uses one aperture to realize dual-band and multibeam operation. At each frequency band, there are two simultaneously shaped beams with different circular polarizations. Totally four beams are obtained with a single feed and each of the beams can be independently controlled. A simple but effective polarization suppression technique is introduced to suppress cross polarizations at large scan angles so the CP beam of the reflectarray can be configured to point at large angles. Thus, the present reflectarray is suitable to be applied to vehicles for reliable high data-rate satellite communications. To validate the design concept, an X-band prototype was designed, fabricated, and measured. The design concept is flexible and can be applied to the design of dual-band, dual-CP reflectarray with different frequencies ratios. Moreover, the present design can also be extended to a continuous beam-steering design by incorporating phase shifters.
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Accepted/In Press date: 29 January 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 4 February 2019
Published date: 1 April 2019
Keywords:
circular polarization (CP), dual-band, multibeam, reflectarray, Satcom-on-the-Move, Vehicles
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Local EPrints ID: 430900
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430900
ISSN: 0018-9545
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Qi Luo
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Steven Gao
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Wenting Li
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Mohammed Sobhy
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Ian Reaney
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Xuexia Yang
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