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- MakaleYalnız künye2025Scopus SJRQ1Multi-functional, multi-band, low-profile, ultra-thin, and cost-effective metasurface-based polarization converter
Kaya, Yunus; Hasar, Ugur Cem; Ozturk, Hamdullah; Ozturk, Gokhan
This article presents a polarization converter (PC) that demonstrates linear polarization (LP) to LP (LP–LP), circular polarization (CP) to CP (CP–CP), and LP to CP (LP–CP) conversion performance in microwave C-band (4–8 GHz), X-band (8–12 GHz), Ku-band (12–18 GHz), and K-band (18–27 GHz). The designed converter performs LP–LP conversion in the frequency ranges of 6.414–6.771 GHz, 10.681–12.160 GHz, and 18.093–19.045 GHz, CP–CP conversion in the same frequency ranges (6.414–6.771 GHz, 10.681–12.160 GHz, and 18.093–19.045 GHz), and LP–CP conversion in the frequency ranges of 7.374–9.414 GHz and 13.792–16.777 GHz. It is single-layer, metasurface-based, reflection-type (because it consists of a metasurface-substrate-metal ground adaptation), multi-band (five bands), multi-functional (because it shows all three LP–LP, LP–CP, and CP–CP conversions), ultra-thin (with a substrate thickness of 1.6 mm (0.034λ)), low-profile, and cost-effective (since relatively cheaper and easily available FR4 dielectric material is used). Simulations for the designed PC have been carried out by the 3D full electromagnetic simulation program — the Computer Simulation Technology (CST) Studio Suite. The performance analysis of the designed converter was carried out according to the reflection coefficients in the frequency range of 4–21 GHz. It was fabricated using the traditional printed circuit board production method, and its performance was validated in microwave X-band by free-space microwave measurements. More information about the conversion mechanism of the converter was also provided by parametric study and surface current analysis. It is observed that the PC design, which has wide angular independence (50°), can be configured to be efficiently used in radar cross section (RCS) reduction and stealth applications.
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İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2023Scopus SJRQ2Cheaper, Wide-Band, Ultra-Thin, and Multi-Purpose Single-Layer Metasurface Polarization Converter Design for C-, X-, and Ku-Band Applications
Kaya, Yunus
This article presents the design of wide-band, ultra-thin, and multi-purpose polarization converter utilizing metasurface for C-, X-, and Ku-band applications. Having a topology on a FR-4 substrate with metasurface metallic patterns on the front and an all-metallic surface finish on the back, the unit cell of converter design has symmetry in the (Formula presented.) plane with unique features of having both linear polarization (LP) and circular polarization (CP) property. While the polarization conversion ratio (PCR) of converter in normal incidence case is more than 90% in three different frequency bands of 6.46–6.78 GHz, 10.52–11.85 GHz, and 16.49–17.37 GHz, it shows linear-to-linear polarization feature and a linear-to-circular polarization feature with left-handed circular polarization (LHCP) for the frequency range between 7.28 and 9.40 GHz and right-handed circular polarization (RHCP) for the frequency range between 13.38 and 15.19 GHz. It is also seen that the converter has a PCR value of around 90% for oblique incidence case with incidence angles up to 45 (Formula presented.). Extensive simulations have been conducted to prove the performance of suggested converter with the aid of a commercially-available simulation platform, called CST Microwave Studio. The advantages of suggested polarization converter are low-cost, wide-band, ultra-thin, and having both LP and CP conversion in C-, X-, and Ku-bands.
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