A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application
A beam-steerable wideband reflectarray antenna (WRA) for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band high-power microwave (HPM) application is presented in this paper. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX...
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| description | A beam-steerable wideband reflectarray antenna (WRA) for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band high-power microwave (HPM) application is presented in this paper. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA comprises a multimode conical horn antenna with high power handling capacity (PHC), <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$25\times25$ </tex-math></inline-formula> special designed antenna elements, a metal frame and a dielectric plate used as a radome. In our previous work, it has been verified that a wideband prototype using this antenna element has a relative bandwidth of 50% (3.3-5.5 GHz) and its beam scanning range reaches ±60° in low power experiments. In this paper, combined with the equivalent circuit model, the wideband and high PHC property of the WRA element is further explained. To demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed element in HPM applications, we combined the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA (which was redesigned from the previous wideband prototype) with a well-designed narrowband HPM source operating at 4.3 GHz, and constructed a matching HPM experimental platform. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA works at 4.1-4.5 GHz, and the results of low power experiments indicate that it can maintain good performance during beam scanning. Its sidelobe level and cross-polarization level are always less than −15 dB and −22 dB, respectively, while its maximum aperture efficiency reached 68.99% (the corresponding antenna gain is 28.07 dB at 4.3 GHz). On the other hand, the PHC of the WRA element reaches 3.82 GW/<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{m}^{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA reaches 1.24 GW in simulation. HPM verification experiments have been carried out, and the experimental results show that the PHC of the fabricated prototype exceeded the expectation, which proves that the WRA has broad application prospects in HPM fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2969fea613fe41faa7408cc961d62bc62023-07-03T23:00:25ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111645596456610.1109/ACCESS.2023.328136510141620A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave ApplicationLiang Xu0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9629-9101Xingjun Ge1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8665-9978Qiang Zhang2Fangchao Dang3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1442-845XPeng Zhang4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0394-7721Jinliang Liu5Chengwei Yuan6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7107-3093College of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaCollege of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, ChinaA beam-steerable wideband reflectarray antenna (WRA) for <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band high-power microwave (HPM) application is presented in this paper. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA comprises a multimode conical horn antenna with high power handling capacity (PHC), <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$25\times25$ </tex-math></inline-formula> special designed antenna elements, a metal frame and a dielectric plate used as a radome. In our previous work, it has been verified that a wideband prototype using this antenna element has a relative bandwidth of 50% (3.3-5.5 GHz) and its beam scanning range reaches ±60° in low power experiments. In this paper, combined with the equivalent circuit model, the wideband and high PHC property of the WRA element is further explained. To demonstrate the excellent performance of the proposed element in HPM applications, we combined the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA (which was redesigned from the previous wideband prototype) with a well-designed narrowband HPM source operating at 4.3 GHz, and constructed a matching HPM experimental platform. The <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA works at 4.1-4.5 GHz, and the results of low power experiments indicate that it can maintain good performance during beam scanning. Its sidelobe level and cross-polarization level are always less than −15 dB and −22 dB, respectively, while its maximum aperture efficiency reached 68.99% (the corresponding antenna gain is 28.07 dB at 4.3 GHz). On the other hand, the PHC of the WRA element reaches 3.82 GW/<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\text{m}^{2}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and the <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$C$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-band WRA reaches 1.24 GW in simulation. HPM verification experiments have been carried out, and the experimental results show that the PHC of the fabricated prototype exceeded the expectation, which proves that the WRA has broad application prospects in HPM fields.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10141620/Beam-steerablewideband reflectarray antennahigh-power microwave (HPM) |
| spellingShingle | Liang Xu Xingjun Ge Qiang Zhang Fangchao Dang Peng Zhang Jinliang Liu Chengwei Yuan A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application IEEE Access Beam-steerable wideband reflectarray antenna high-power microwave (HPM) |
| title | A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application |
| title_full | A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application |
| title_fullStr | A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application |
| title_short | A Beam-Steerable Wideband Reflectarray Antenna for C-Band High-Power Microwave Application |
| title_sort | beam steerable wideband reflectarray antenna for c band high power microwave application |
| topic | Beam-steerable wideband reflectarray antenna high-power microwave (HPM) |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10141620/ |
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