Low-DC Voltage-Controlled Steering-Antenna Radome Utilizing Tunable Active Metamaterial

Tao Jiang, Zhiyu Wang, Dong Li, Jingnan Pan, Bin Zhang, Jiangtao Huangfu, Yannick Salamin, Changzhi Li, Lixin Ran
2012 IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques  
A novel 2D-beamsteering technique employing a metamaterial transmitarray is presented. The proposed transmitarray, when coupled to a conventional horn antenna, allows its original radiation pattern to be steered in both elevation and azimuth planes. A fixed 25º steering in θ and ϕ (spherical coordinates) was achieved through electromagnetic simulations and validated against experimental results, obtained from a prototype comprised of 5 x 5 unitcells at 5.35 GHz, carried out inside an anechoic chamber.
doi:10.1109/tmtt.2011.2171981 fatcat:qtpu4t3oufelbc62jyyiccswvi