Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication
A tunable reflector component based on metasurface (MS) with a low profile and reduced mass is offered for indoor and outdoor 5G communication methods to overcome obstacles such as buildings, walls, and turns, and to allow wireless quasi-line of sight path communication at 37 GHz. Integrating varact...
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| description | A tunable reflector component based on metasurface (MS) with a low profile and reduced mass is offered for indoor and outdoor 5G communication methods to overcome obstacles such as buildings, walls, and turns, and to allow wireless quasi-line of sight path communication at 37 GHz. Integrating varactors with MS unit cells allows tunability and reconfigurability. This approach was presented in many studies, with frequencies of up to K–band. However, today, higher frequencies are used, especially in communication. This work presents the design of a reconfigurable MS reflector, at Ka-band frequencies, based on a new type of resonant unit cell, with uniformed reflection for wide-incident-angular-range, and a simple stimulating DC bias for each MS unit cell, which allows a two–dimensional (2-D) continuous reflection phase manipulation. The unit cell provides a dynamic reflection phase range of over 300° at a wide bandwidth. Simulations of one-dimensional (1-D) and (2-D) at 37 GHz are presented. A steering range of up to ±48° was obtained for azimuth or elevation. A simultaneous independent 2-D beam steering range of up to ±10° in azimuth and up to ± 5° in elevation, allowing obstacles to overcome covering at a practical angular spatial cone of 20° and 10°, is presented. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c3dfa62f58b9443f8daee1515325133d2023-11-20T07:50:13ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922020-07-0198119110.3390/electronics9081191Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless CommunicationDavid Rotshild0Efraim Rahamim1Amir Abramovich2Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Ariel University, Ariel 40700, IsraelA tunable reflector component based on metasurface (MS) with a low profile and reduced mass is offered for indoor and outdoor 5G communication methods to overcome obstacles such as buildings, walls, and turns, and to allow wireless quasi-line of sight path communication at 37 GHz. Integrating varactors with MS unit cells allows tunability and reconfigurability. This approach was presented in many studies, with frequencies of up to K–band. However, today, higher frequencies are used, especially in communication. This work presents the design of a reconfigurable MS reflector, at Ka-band frequencies, based on a new type of resonant unit cell, with uniformed reflection for wide-incident-angular-range, and a simple stimulating DC bias for each MS unit cell, which allows a two–dimensional (2-D) continuous reflection phase manipulation. The unit cell provides a dynamic reflection phase range of over 300° at a wide bandwidth. Simulations of one-dimensional (1-D) and (2-D) at 37 GHz are presented. A steering range of up to ±48° was obtained for azimuth or elevation. A simultaneous independent 2-D beam steering range of up to ±10° in azimuth and up to ± 5° in elevation, allowing obstacles to overcome covering at a practical angular spatial cone of 20° and 10°, is presented.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/8/1191beam steeringKa-bandmetasurfacetunable circuits and devices |
| spellingShingle | David Rotshild Efraim Rahamim Amir Abramovich Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication Electronics beam steering Ka-band metasurface tunable circuits and devices |
| title | Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication |
| title_full | Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication |
| title_fullStr | Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication |
| title_full_unstemmed | Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication |
| title_short | Innovative Reconfigurable Metasurface 2-D Beam-Steerable Reflector for 5G Wireless Communication |
| title_sort | innovative reconfigurable metasurface 2 d beam steerable reflector for 5g wireless communication |
| topic | beam steering Ka-band metasurface tunable circuits and devices |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/8/1191 |
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