A 2D Reflective Metasurface Augmented Luneburg Lens Antenna for 5G Communications
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Alali, Bader; Zelenchuk, Dmitry; Fusco, Vincent
- Source
- 2022 International Workshop on Antenna Technology (iWAT) Antenna Technology (iWAT), 2022 International Workshop on. :136-138 May, 2022
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Antenna measurements
Wireless communication
5G mobile communication
Simulation
Transmitting antennas
Microstrip antennas
Metasurfaces
Reflectarrays
Luneburg Lenses
Metasurface
5G Communication systems
- Language
In this paper, we show a new two-dimensional reflective metasurface augmented Luneburg lens antenna to operate at the Ka frequency band for 5G wireless communication systems. It consists of a half-circle 2D Luneburg lens and a 40-element microstrip patch reflective metasurface. The simulation results of the metasurface augmented Luneburg lens antenna illustrate its capability for beam-steering towards chosen directions by changing the distribution of the microstrip patches on the surface of the reflective metasurface which makes it a suitable application for beam-steering that may operate within the 5G communication frequency bands at 28 GHz.