Additively Manufactured Millimeter-Wave Dual-Band Single-Polarization Shared Aperture Fresnel Zone Plate Metalens Antenna

Zhu, J; Yang, Y; Li, M; McGloin, D; Liao, S; Nulman, J; Yamada, M; Iacopi, F

Additively Manufactured Millimeter-Wave Dual-Band Single-Polarization Shared Aperture Fresnel Zone Plate Metalens Antenna

Zhu, J Yang, Y

Li, M McGloin, D

Liao, S Nulman, J Yamada, M Iacopi, F

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Publisher:: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2021, PP, (99), pp. 1-1
Issue Date:: 2021-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Zhu, J
dc.contributor.author	Yang, Y https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7439-2156
dc.contributor.author	Li, M
dc.contributor.author	McGloin, D https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0075-4481
dc.contributor.author	Liao, S
dc.contributor.author	Nulman, J
dc.contributor.author	Yamada, M
dc.contributor.author	Iacopi, F https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3196-0990
dc.date.accessioned	2021-04-30T00:01:45Z
dc.date.available	2021-04-30T00:01:45Z
dc.date.issued	2021-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 2021, PP, (99), pp. 1-1
dc.identifier.issn	0018-926X
dc.identifier.issn	1558-2221
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/148547
dc.description.abstract	Fresnel zone plate (FZP) lens antenna, consisting of a set of alternative transparent and opaque concentric rings arranged on curvilinear or flat surfaces, have been widely used in various fields for sensing and communications. Nevertheless, the state-of-art FZP lens antennas are limited to a single band due to the frequency-dependent feature, which hinders their use in multi-band applications. In this work, a shared-aperture dual-band FZP metalens antenna is proposed by merging two single-band FZP metalens antenna operating at distinct frequency bands seamlessly into one. Instead of using conventional metallic conductors, double-screen meta-grids are devised in this work to form the concentric rings. Because the meta-grids show distinct transmission/reflection properties at different frequencies, the performance of one set of concentric rings operating at the one band will not be affected by the other operating at the different band. In addition, to compensate for the phase shift introduced by the meta-grids, an additional dielectric ring layer is added atop the FZP taking advantage of additive manufacturing. Thus, the radiation performance of the dual-band FZP lens antenna is comparable to that of each single FZP metalens antenna. For proof-of-concept, an antenna prototype operating at the dual-band, 75 GHz and 120 GHz with a frequency ratio of 1.6, is fabricated using an integrated additively manufactured electronics (AME) technique. The measured peak gains of 20.3 dBi and 21.9 dBi are achieved at 75 GHz and 120 GHz, respectively.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
dc.relation	NanoDimension
dc.relation.ispartof	IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1109/TAP.2021.3070224
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess
dc.subject	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 1005 Communications Technologies
dc.subject.classification	Networking & Telecommunications
dc.title	Additively Manufactured Millimeter-Wave Dual-Band Single-Polarization Shared Aperture Fresnel Zone Plate Metalens Antenna
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	PP
utslib.for	0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
utslib.for	1005 Communications Technologies
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Electrical and Data Engineering
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Abstract:

Fresnel zone plate (FZP) lens antenna, consisting of a set of alternative transparent and opaque concentric rings arranged on curvilinear or flat surfaces, have been widely used in various fields for sensing and communications. Nevertheless, the state-of-art FZP lens antennas are limited to a single band due to the frequency-dependent feature, which hinders their use in multi-band applications. In this work, a shared-aperture dual-band FZP metalens antenna is proposed by merging two single-band FZP metalens antenna operating at distinct frequency bands seamlessly into one. Instead of using conventional metallic conductors, double-screen meta-grids are devised in this work to form the concentric rings. Because the meta-grids show distinct transmission/reflection properties at different frequencies, the performance of one set of concentric rings operating at the one band will not be affected by the other operating at the different band. In addition, to compensate for the phase shift introduced by the meta-grids, an additional dielectric ring layer is added atop the FZP taking advantage of additive manufacturing. Thus, the radiation performance of the dual-band FZP lens antenna is comparable to that of each single FZP metalens antenna. For proof-of-concept, an antenna prototype operating at the dual-band, 75 GHz and 120 GHz with a frequency ratio of 1.6, is fabricated using an integrated additively manufactured electronics (AME) technique. The measured peak gains of 20.3 dBi and 21.9 dBi are achieved at 75 GHz and 120 GHz, respectively.

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