Sidelobe canceling for reconfigurable holographic metamaterial antenna

MC Johnson, SL Brunton, NB Kundtz… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate and efficient methods for beam-steering of holographic metamaterial antennas is of
critical importance for enabling consumer usage of satellite data capacities. We develop an …

Beam shaping for reconfigurable holographic antennas

MC Johnson, B Rothaar - US Patent 9,786,986, 2017 - Google Patents
A reconfigurable holographic antenna and a method of shaping an antenna beam pattern of
a reconfigurable holographic antenna is disclosed. A baseline holographic pattern is driven …

Periodic structures for reconfigurable filter design: a comprehensive review

I Shahid, D Thalakotuna, DK Karmokar… - IEEE Microwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of 5G, software-defined radios (SDRs), and ultra-wideband systems, there is
a rapid rise in the demand for reconfigurable RF front ends. Conventional methods of using …

Reconfigurable holographic antenna with low sidelobe level based on liquid crystals

BJ Che, FY Meng, YL Lyu, YQ Zhao… - Journal of Physics D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
A novel liquid crystal (LC)-based holographic antenna (HA) with low sidelobe level is
proposed in this paper to achieve large beam scanning range and multi-beam scanning …

Symmetry-breaking manipulation in the design of multifunctional tunable frequency selective surface

F Mir, L Matekovits, A De Sabata - AEU-International Journal of Electronics …, 2021 - Elsevier
The design and characteristics of a PIN diode based tunable Frequency Selective Surface
(FSS) is provided. Spatial filtering, polarization filtering and polarization control are all …

Bandstop filter synthesis scheme for reactively loaded microstrip line based 1-D periodic structures

I Shahid, DN Thalakotuna, DK Karmokar… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A 1-D finite electromagnetic bandgap (EBG) periodic structure is studied. In the structure,
EBG behaviour arises from a unit cell comprised of a metallic patch sandwiched between …

Metamaterial-based millimeter-wave switchable leaky wave antennas for on-chip implementation in GaAs technology

L Matekovits, M Heimlich, KP Esselle - Journal of Electromagnetic …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
A planar, metamaterial-based, one-dimensional periodic structure that can be switched
between multiple states is numerically investigated. It can be fabricated at low cost in gallium …

A bi-patch loaded microstrip line based 1-D periodic structure with enhanced stop bandwidth and band switching characteristics

I Shahid, D Thalakotuna, M Heimlich - Journal of Electromagnetic …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A one-dimensional periodic structure comprising of eight unit cells each having
two metallic patches sandwiched between microstrip line and ground plane has been …

Effects of a coplanar waveguide biasing network built into the ground plane on the dispersion characteristics of a tunable unit cell with an elliptical patch and multiple …

L Matekovits, A De Sabata… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The effect of the biasing network (BN), formed by coplanar transmission lines (CPWs) built
into the ground plane itself, on the dispersion characteristics of a tunable unit cell (UC) is …

Reduced complexity biasing solution for switched parallel plate waveguide with embedded active metamaterial layer

A De Sabata, L Matekovits - Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
We introduce a novel structure of inhomogeneous parallel plate waveguide suitable for
advanced applications requiring frequency tunability. The structure relies on microstrip …