Loss-Optimized Reconfigurable Nonlocal Metasurface-aided Cavity Antenna

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Hauptverfasser: Cho, Minwoo, Kim, Minseok
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author Cho, Minwoo
Kim, Minseok
author_facet Cho, Minwoo
Kim, Minseok
contents This paper presents the design and experimental demonstration of a reconfigurable cavity excited nonlocal metasurface antenna capable of wide angle dynamic beam steering. The antenna is synthesized using a volume surface integral equation based framework that rigorously captures nonlocal mutual coupling among metasurface unit cells. To ensure physical consistency, the numerically characterized resistance and reactance relationship of the tunable unit cells is directly incorporated into the synthesis, enabling precise far-field synthesis while minimizing Ohmic losses. The proposed approach is applied to a 10 GHz cavity fed metasurface antenna composed of 24 independently controlled varactor-loaded unit cells. Numerical simulations and near-field measurements demonstrate stable beam steering with a range of 80 degrees across broadside with excellent agreement between measured and simulated radiation patterns. These results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed framework for the realization of compact, reconfigurable cavity-excited metasurface antennas.
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spellingShingle Loss-Optimized Reconfigurable Nonlocal Metasurface-aided Cavity Antenna
Cho, Minwoo
Kim, Minseok
Applied Physics
This paper presents the design and experimental demonstration of a reconfigurable cavity excited nonlocal metasurface antenna capable of wide angle dynamic beam steering. The antenna is synthesized using a volume surface integral equation based framework that rigorously captures nonlocal mutual coupling among metasurface unit cells. To ensure physical consistency, the numerically characterized resistance and reactance relationship of the tunable unit cells is directly incorporated into the synthesis, enabling precise far-field synthesis while minimizing Ohmic losses. The proposed approach is applied to a 10 GHz cavity fed metasurface antenna composed of 24 independently controlled varactor-loaded unit cells. Numerical simulations and near-field measurements demonstrate stable beam steering with a range of 80 degrees across broadside with excellent agreement between measured and simulated radiation patterns. These results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed framework for the realization of compact, reconfigurable cavity-excited metasurface antennas.
title Loss-Optimized Reconfigurable Nonlocal Metasurface-aided Cavity Antenna
topic Applied Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08029