Fully-Addressable Varactor-Based Reflecting Metasurface with Dual-Linear Polarisation for Low Power Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

Rains, J., Kazim, J. U. R. , Tukmanov, A., Zhang, L. , Abbasi, Q. and Imran, M. (2023) Fully-Addressable Varactor-Based Reflecting Metasurface with Dual-Linear Polarisation for Low Power Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces. In: 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2023), Florence, Italy, 26-31 Mar 2023, ISBN 9781665475419 (doi: 10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133408)

Abstract

This work explores the performance of a 1-bit dual-linear polarised varactor-based metasurface design at sub-6 GHz. A modified particle swarm optimisation algorithm was utilised to determine the element geometry resulting in minimum reflection loss and phase error, and maximum cross-polarisation isolation. Unit cells may be individually addressed and with independent polarisation control over 3.3 to 3.7 GHz. A prototype consisting of an arrangement 48 x 16 unit cells has been fabricated for deployment in a reconfigurable intelligent surface-aided wireless communication channel sounding campaign.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: James Rains’ PhD is funded by EPSRC ICASE studentship (EP/V519686/1) with British Telecom. Anvar Tukmanov acknowledges funding under grant reference MR/T019980/1.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Zhang, Professor Lei and Kazim, Mr Jalil and Imran, Professor Muhammad and Tukmanov, Dr Anvar and Rains, Mr James and Abbasi, Dr Qammer
• Authors: Rains, J., Kazim, J. U. R., Tukmanov, A., Zhang, L., Abbasi, Q., and Imran, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Autonomous Systems and Connectivity; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• ISBN: 9781665475419
• Published Online: 31 May 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP2023)
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy

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