基于螺旋式PB超表面的宽带低RCS径向线缝隙天线

      Low-RCS radial line slot antenna based on spiral-arranged PB metasurface

      • 摘要: 在军用通信和探测系统中,天线增益和雷达散射截面(radar cross section, RCS)的大小直接影响通信质量、探测距离与隐身能力。 本文提出了一种覆盖天线工作频段的宽带低RCS的圆极化径向线缝隙天线(radial line slot antenna, RLSA),其采用PB(Pancharatnam-Berry)相位单元随着RLSA缝隙对螺旋排布的方式,利用轨道角动量(orbital angular momentum, OAM)涡旋散射波边射方向存在波束零陷实现天线单站RCS缩减。为了解决加载PB单元后缝隙对圆极化性能严重下降的问题,在缝隙对上方加载共同参与辐射的金属贴片,调节单元圆极化辐射性能。 最后根据均匀口径场理论,设计出了中心频率15 GHz、直径11λ0的圆极化RLSA天线。该天线峰值增益为28.1 dBic,仅比参考RLSA天线的增益降低了1 dB;RCS缩减10 dB以上的频带范围为7.2 ~ 17.2 GHz,实测结果与仿真结果较为吻合。

         

        Abstract: In military communication and detection systems, the gains and radar cross section (RCS) of the antenna directly affect the communication quality and stealth ability. This article proposes a circularly polarized radial line slot antenna with wideband RCS reduction that covers the operating frequency band of the antenna. The antenna adopts a spiral arrangement of Pancharatnam-Berry (PB) phase units with RLSA slot spairs, utilizing orbital angular momentum (OAM) vortex scattering waves with beam nulling in the edge direction to achieve antenna monostatic RCS reduction. In order to solve the problem of severe degradation of circular polarization performance after loading PB units, metal patches that jointly participate in radiation are loaded above the slot pairs to adjust the circular polarization radiation performance of the units. Finally, based on the theory of uniform aperture field, a circularly polarized antenna with a diameter of 11λ0 was designed at the center frequency of 15 GHz. The peak gain of the antenna is 28.1 dBic, which is only 1 dB lower than the gain of the reference RLSA antenna, and the 10-dB RCS reduction bandwidth can be observed from 7.2 to 17.2 GHz, the measured results are in good agreement with the simulation results.

         

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