基于超材料的吸波体设计及其波导缝隙天线应用

设计了一种基于超材料电磁特性的吸波体, 并将其应用于波导缝隙天线. 该吸波体是由两层金属及其中间的有耗介质组成, 上层金属是由刻蚀交叉缝隙的贴片形成的电谐振器, 下层金属不刻蚀, 作为整个金属地板. 通过优化结构参数, 得到了一种极化不敏感、宽入射角的超薄吸波体, 吸波率达到99.1%, 厚度只有约0.01λ. 将该吸波体应用与波导缝隙天线, 在5.48-5.7 GHz工作频段内, 天线雷达散射截面减缩都在3 dB以上, 在鼻锥方向的-25°-+25°范围的角度上, 天线雷达散射截面减缩均在5 dB以上, 雷达散射截面减缩最大超过12 dB, 而天线前向增益仅降低了0.53 dB. 实验结果与仿真结果符合得较好, 证实了该吸波体具有好的天线雷达散射截面减缩效果, 可以应用于天线目标的隐身.     

基于超材料吸波体的低雷达散射截面波导缝隙阵列天线

提出利用超材料吸波体减缩波导缝隙阵列天线带内雷达散射截面的设计方法. 设计具有超薄(厚度仅为0.01λ, λ为吸波体中心频率对应波长)、无表面损耗层和高吸波率的超材料吸波体, 将其加载到波导缝隙天线E面方向辐射缝隙间的金属表面上, 并与辐射缝隙保持一定的间距. 该加载方式没有破坏天线的口径馈电振幅分布, 并利用超材料吸波体对电磁波的强吸收特性降低了天线阵的结构模式项散射. 仿真和实验结果表明, 加载超材料吸波体后天线阵的反射系数、增益、波瓣宽度保持不变, 在x极化和y极化条件下, 波导缝隙阵列天线的带内雷达散射截面减缩量均在6 dB 以上, 且在-25°-+25°范围内天线雷达散射截面均有明显的减缩, 鼻锥方向减缩超过10 dB. 该研究成果对阵列天线雷达散射截面减缩具有重要的借鉴意义和工程应用价值.     

基于超材料吸波体的低雷达散射截面微带天线设计

设计了一种高吸波率、宽入射角、无表面损耗层的超材料吸波体, 并将其用于微带天线的带内雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)减缩.实验结果表明: 设计的吸波体的厚度为0.3 mm, 吸波率达99.9%, 相比普通微带天线, 加载该吸波体后的天线在工作频带内法向RCS减缩都在3 dB以上, 最大减缩16.7 dB, 单站RCS在-30°–+30° 角域、双站RCS在-90°–+90°角域减缩超过3 dB, 且天线辐射性能保持不变. 证实了该吸波体具有良好的吸波效果, 可以应用于微带天线的带内隐身. 关键词： 超材料吸波体 微带天线 雷达散射截面     

共享孔径人工电磁媒质设计及其在高增益低雷达散射截面天线中的应用

提出了一种具有部分反射特性和吸波特性的共享孔径人工电磁媒质(shared aperture metamaterial, SA-MTM).该媒质由上层斜十字金属图案加载集总电阻的吸波表面、下层开条带缝隙金属面的部分反射表面以及中间介质层构成, 吸波表面和部分反射表面在垂直维度上共享了一个物理孔径使该媒质同时实现了吸波特性和部分反射特性.将SA-MTM与天线一体化设计, 利用SA-MTM的部分反射表面和天线表面构成的法布里-珀罗(Fabry-Perot, F-P)谐振腔提升天线的增益, 利用SA-MTM的吸波表面吸收入射电磁波实现低雷达散射截面(radar section cross, RCS)天线的设计.仿真和实验结果表明, SA-MTM 的加载使天线的前向增益在5.57–5.94 GHz 的工作带宽范围内都提升了3 dB以上, 且天线的后向RCS在2–9 GHz范围内都有明显的减缩.该研究成果克服了天线辐射性能和散射性能无法兼顾的矛盾, 对高增益低RCS天线的设计具有重要的指导意义.     

一种高增益低雷达散射截面的新型圆极化微带天线设计

设计了一种基于人工电磁材料覆层的高增益低雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)圆极化微带天线. 人工电磁材料覆层是由介质板及其两侧的人工周期表面构成, 上表面是加载集总电阻的方环贴片, 具有宽带吸波特性; 下表面是开条带缝和圆环缝的金属贴片, 具有部分反射特性. 将其加载到圆极化微带天线上方, 通过覆层上表面的电阻可吸收入射的雷达波, 结合下表面与接地板构成Fabry-Perot谐振腔的多次反射, 可实现圆极化微带天线辐射和散射性能的同时改善. 实测结果表明: 加载人工电磁材料覆层后, 天线的相对轴比带宽由5.9%扩展为7.1%; 天线增益在整个工作频带内都得到了提升, 最大提高了6.61 dB; 天线RCS在宽频带宽角域内实现了明显的减缩, 在天线工作频带内也实现了3 dB以上减缩. 实测结果与仿真结果符合较好.     

一种基于石墨烯的超宽带吸波器

隐身技术对降低飞行器目标的雷达散射截面、提高飞行器目标的生存能力具有重要的意义和价值, 而在飞行器目标上引入吸波器结构是一种重要的隐身手段. 然而, 目前已有吸波器的研究主要集中在单频或多频窄带方面. 为了拓展吸波器工作频带, 基于石墨烯材料提出了一种工作于S/C波段的新型超宽带吸波器模型单元, 其中包含一个用石墨烯材料设计的方圆形双环周期结构. 调节石墨烯的表面阻抗, 使得吸收率超过90%的频带范围为2.1-9.0 GHz, 相对带宽约为124%, 实现了超宽带的吸波特性; 鉴于模型的高度对称性, 提出的吸波器模型表现出对入射波极化不敏感的吸波特性; 在不改变模型结构情况下, 调节石墨烯的静态偏置电场, 亦可调控吸波器谐振在2.0-9.0 GHz频带范围内的任意频率点处, 且达到超过99%的吸收效果. 最后采用等效电路模型方法和波的干涉理论对其吸波机理进行深入研究与分析: 从等效电路角度来讲, 方形和圆形环分别引入高、低吸波谐振频率, 二者优化叠加拓展了吸波带宽; 从干涉理论方面来看, 吸波器表面处的首次反射波与透射波的多次出射波形成较强的干涉相消现象, 有效减少了吸波器的反射回波.     

宽带超薄完美吸波体设计及在圆极化倾斜波束天线雷达散射截面缩减中的应用研究

为了缩减天线带内雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS), 在双频带完美吸波材料的基础上, 通过缩小两吸波率峰值之间的距离, 设计出了一种频带较宽的超薄完美吸波体.该吸波体由两层金属及其中间的有耗介质组成, 底面金属不刻蚀, 顶面由方形贴片和绕其四周的开口方环组成, 该结构具有低频点LC谐振和高频点偶极子谐振的特征.仿真和实验结果表明: 该吸波体具有极化不敏感和宽入射角的特征, 其在厚度小于0.01λ的条件下, 具有8.2%的半波功率相对带宽, 最大吸波率的峰值为91.6%和96.5%. 将吸波体用于圆极化的倾斜波束 (tilted beam, TB)天线, 仿真和测试结果表明: 该天线在保持增益不变的条件下, 不仅轴比得到改善, 有效带宽得到拓展, 且在5.5–6.5 GHz范围内TB天线的RCS缩减至少在3 dBsm以上, 在谐振频点处最大缩减幅度分别为11 dBsm和8 dBsm; 在两谐振点处鼻锥方向-36°–+36°范围内, TB天线的RCS缩减均有明显效果. 关键词： 超薄完美吸波体 TB天线 雷达散射截面 圆极化     

幅相同调的吸波-对消雷达散射截面减缩超表面设计

更宽的工作频带和更低的雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)一直是低可探测领域研究的热点,然而这两者往往难以兼顾.鉴于此,本文提出了一种幅相同调的吸波-对消RCS减缩超表面,通过在宽带范围内同时设计两个单元的反射相位和反射幅度,使目标RCS在空间域和能量域分别获得10 d B以上减缩,从而通过叠加获得20 d B以上的宽带RCS减缩.仿真和实验结果表明,在两种极化下,幅相同调的吸波-对消RCS减缩超表面可以在6.10—12.15 GHz频带范围内获得20 d B以上的RCS减缩效果,同时10 d B减缩带宽为4.3—14.2 GHz.所设计的超表面具有减缩幅度大、减缩频带宽、质量轻、单层结构、极化稳定性好、柔性易共形等优点,有望为低可探测材料研制以及低可探测装备性能提升提供新的技术途径.     

一种新型的低散射微带天线阵设计

本文将电磁表面(electromagnetic surface, EMS)的设计思想引入到微带天线阵的设计中,在设计天线单元的同时,也将其作为EMS单元兼顾其反射特性.通过在矩形辐射贴片上开弧形缺口,得到一种新的单元结构,该单元可与原始EMS单元之间形成180°±30°有效相位差,且作为天线单元时与原始天线工作在相同谐振模式、相同频带.将两种单元以棋盘形式构成组合天线阵,在两个极化下分别基于相位对消原理和吸波原理实现了雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)减缩.实测与仿真结果表明:相较于等大小的金属板,在x极化波照射下,天线阵在5.6—6.0 GHz实现了6 dB以上的RCS减缩,相对带宽为10.1%;在y极化波照射下,天线阵在5.0—7.2 GHz实现了6 dB以上的RCS减缩,相对带宽为24%.同时由于两种单元在辐射上具有较好的一致性,使得组合天线阵的辐射性能得以保持.该方法有效解决了天线阵辐射和散射难以兼顾的矛盾,为其他形式的低散射天线阵的设计提供了新的方法与思路.     

基于宽带吸波体的微带天线雷达散射截面缩减设计

利用加载集总电阻的方式设计出一种极化稳定且宽入射角的宽带超材料吸波体(wide-band metamaterial absorber, WBMA), 在平面波垂直入射时, 其吸波半波功率带宽达12.7 GHz, 吸波率大于90%的带宽达10.42 GHz, 峰值吸波率达99.9%. 将其与微带天线共基板共接地板的方式加载, 制备出WBMA微带天线, 实现了天线宽频域内雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)大幅缩减. 仿真与实测结果表明: 将WBMA加载于微带天线后, 天线的前向增益提高了0.53 dB, 整体辐射特性基本保持不变; 在不同极化波下, 天线的工作频带带内和带外等宽频域(6.95-17.91 GHz)内的单站RCS缩减大于3 dB以上, 最大缩减值达21.2 dB; 在天线的中心频点8 GHz处± 48°的宽角域内, 双站RCS缩减效果明显, 很好地实现了天线的宽频域大角度的隐身设计.     

Ultra-thin single-layer transparent geometrical phase gradient metasurface and its application to high-gain circularly-polarized lens antenna

A new method to design an ultra-thin high-gain circularly-polarized antenna system with high efficiency is proposed based on the geometrical phase gradient metasurface(GPGM).With an accuracy control of the transmission phase and also the high transmission amplitude,the GPGM is capable of manipulating an electromagnetic wave arbitrarily.A focusing transmission lens working at Ku band is well optimized with the F /D of 0.32.A good focusing effect is demonstrated clearly by theoretical calculation and electromagnetic simulation.For further application,an ultra-thin single-layer transmissive lens antenna based on the proposed focusing metasurface operating at 13 GHz is implemented and launched by an original patch antenna from the perspective of high integration,simple structure,and low cost.Numerical and experimental results coincide well,indicating the advantages of the antenna system,such as a high gain of 17.6 d B,the axis ratio better than 2 d B,a high aperture efficiency of 41%,and also a simple fabrication process based on the convenient print circuit board technology.The good performance of the proposed antenna indicates promising applications in portable communication systems.     

Wideband radar cross section reduction based on absorptive coding metasurface with compound stealth mechanism

A scheme of combing wave absorption and phase cancellation mechanisms for widening radar cross section(RCS)reduction band is proposed. An absorptive coding metasurface implementing this scheme is derived from traditional circuit analog absorber(CAA) composed of resistive ring elements which characterize dual resonances behavior. It is constructed by replacing some of the CAA elements by another kind of resistive ring elements which is singly resonant in between the original two resonant bands and has reflection phase opposite to that of the original elements at resonance. Hence the developed metasurface achieves an improved low-RCS band over which the lower and higher sub-bands are mainly contributed by wave absorption mainly while the middle sub-band is formed by joint effect of wave absorption and antiphase cancellation mechanisms. The polarization-independent wideband RCS reduction property of the metasurface is validated by full-wave simulation results of a preliminary and an advanced design examples which employ the same element configuration but different element layout schemes as partitioned distribution and random coding. The advanced design also exhibits broadband bistatic low-RCS property and keeps a stable specular RCS reduction performance with regard to incident elevation angle up to 35°. The advanced design is fabricated and the experimental results of the sample agrees qualitatively well with their simulated counterparts. The measured figure of merit(i.e., low-RCS bandwidth ratio versus electrical thickness) of the sample is 40.572, which is superior to or comparable with those for most of other existing metasurface with compound RCS reduction mechanism. The proposed compound metasurface technique also features simple structure, light weight, low cost and easy fabrication compared with other techniques. This makes it promising in applications such as radar stealth and electromagnetic compatibility.     

A novel flat lens horn antenna designed based on zero refraction principle of metamaterials

In this paper, a horn antenna filled with a metamaterial structure as lens inner the aperture is presented. Unlike conventional curve lenses, the lens is designed in the present work using a fully flat structure, which results in a great improvement for the directivity of the horn antenna based on the zero refraction characteristics of the metamaterial. In this structure, a periodic-structure metamaterial with three-layer metal grids is designed using the CST Microwave Studio for optimization and its zero refraction property is validated. For the characterization of the antenna, the electric-field distribution in radiation area, reflection parameter (S₁₁), gain and radiation pattern are calculated. The results show that the gain of a wide flare angle horn antenna is enhanced with over 2 dB between 16.10–17.30 GHz after the metamaterial is utilized. Therefore, the metamaterial lens horn structure results in a miniaturized antenna design approach compared to the optimum conventional horn of the same aperture size and gain in the interested frequency band. PACS 78.70.Gq; 81.05.Zx; 84.40.Ba     

一种兼有高增益和宽带低散射特征的波导缝隙天线设计

设计了一种同时具备高增益和宽带低散射特征的波导缝隙天线.将蚀刻有互补开口谐振环的方形贴片人工磁导体正交布阵得到宽带低雷达截面积(RCS)反射屏并以之代替原天线的全金属反射板,通过优化反射屏的加载方式,在展宽天线工作频带、提高天线增益的同时,实现了宽频域范围内天线鼻锥方向RCS减缩.实测结果表明:加载低RCS反射屏的缝隙天线工作带宽增加了100 MHz,前向增益提高了3.2 dB,在5.52—6.63GHz范围内RCS减缩量达10 dB以上,减缩带宽达到20%.     

一种新型宽带吸收频率选择表面

提出了一种新型的频率选择表面, 该结构具有良好的高频透射性能和较低频带的宽带吸收性能。吸收频率选择表面结构由有损层和带通层组成。通过等效电路法的分析, 有损层应该在通带内产生并联谐振, 因此给出了具体的等效电路模型并在ADS中进行了验证。在有损层的设计中, 在金属交叉贴片中加载两个电阻使其分为两部分实现了并联谐振。带通层利用无损耗槽型频率选择表面实现。仿真结果表明, 在12.75GHz时只有0.7dB的插入损耗, 并且实现了4.8GHz到11.2GHz的宽带吸收。最后, 制作了实物并进行了测试, 实验结果与仿真结果吻合得很好。     

反射型扩束式场镜的设计

本文介绍一种新型的反射式场镜的设计，该场镜除了具有透射式场镜的作用外，同时还起扩束作用。     

A novel polarization converter based on the band-stop frequency selective surface

A dual-passband single-polarized converter based on the band-stop frequency selective surface(FSS)with a low radar cross-section(RCS)is designed in this article.The unit cell of the proposed converter is formed by a polarization layer attached to the band-stop frequency selective surface.The simulation results reveal that the co-polarization reflection coefficients below-10 d B are achieved in 3.82–13.64 GHz with a 112.4%fractional bandwidth(the ratio of the signal bandwidth to the central frequency).Meanwhile,a polarization conversion band is realized from 8.14 GHz to 9.27 GHz with a polarization conversion ratio which is over 80%.Moreover,the 1 d B transmission window is obtained in two nonadjacent bands of 3.42–7.02 GHz and 10.04–13.91 GHz corresponding to the relative bandwidths of 68.9%and 32.3%,respectively.Furthermore,the radar cross-section of the designed structure can be reduced in the wideband from 2.28 GHz to 14 GHz,and the 10 d B RCS reduction in the range of 4.10–13.35 GHz is achieved.In addition,the equivalent circuit model of this converter is established,and the simulation results of the Advanced Design System(ADS)match well with those of CST Microwave Studio(CST).The archetype of the designed converter is manufactured and measured.The experiment results match the simulation results well,which proves the reliability of the simulation results.     

高极化纯度的超表面透镜设计与应用

针对超表面在透镜方面的应用,基于各向异性超表面单元设计了一款高极化纯度的聚焦超表面透镜,并探讨了其在高增益高极化纯度天线方面的应用.设计了一款具有极化滤波特性的各向异性超表面单元,单元对x极化波保持高透性的同时,对y极化波保持近乎为零的透射率.利用该型单元设计了焦距为30 mm、阵列大小为105 mm×105 mm、单元数为21×21的聚焦超表面透镜.根据光路可逆原理,焦点处发出的球面波被超表面透镜有效转化为平面波,从而达到提高天线增益的目标.实验中分别用不同极化形式的球面波照射聚焦超表面来研究超表面对不同极化波的控制特性.结果表明,x极化波照射时,超表面工作于透镜模式,球面波转化为平面波,天线增益大大提高;y极化波照射时,超表面类似于金属板,将入射波全部反射;x/y极化混合波照射时,天线增益大大提高,且极化隔离度高于25 dB,充分说明设计的聚焦超表面在提高x极化波增益的同时可高效滤除y极化波,达到了高增益高极化纯度的目标.     

A traveling-wave stripline dipole antenna on a substrate lens at terahertz frequency

In this paper, a study of a stripline dipole antenna on a substrate lens used as a photoconductive detector in a terahertz system is presented. The traveling-wave behavior of the stripline dipole and the influence of the substrate lens are investigated over a broad frequency range up to 5.0 THz. The numerical results show that the lens shape represented by the ratio of the extension length to the lens radius plays an important role in maximizing the antenna gain and radiation spectral bandwidth. The gain response exhibited an increased level of sensitivity to the lens shape as the lens size increased, and this is particularly important in optimizing large substrate lenses. Improvements in the gain level over the entire frequency range of interest were observed as the lens diameter increased. This study provides helpful guidelines in choosing and optimizing a substrate lens designed for a terahertz photoconductive antenna, which is particularly useful for specific applications requiring a miniaturized photoconductive antenna design.