Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays

Alibakhshikenari, Mohammad, Salvucci, Alessandro, Polli, Giorgio, Virdee, Bal Singh, See, Chan, Abd-Alhameed, Raed, Falcone, Francisco, Anguera, Jaume and Limiti, Ernesto (2018) Mutual Coupling Reduction Using Metamaterial Supersubstrate for High Performance & Densely Packed Planar Phased Arrays. In: MRW2018, 15-17 May 2018, Poznań, Poland.

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This paper proposes on an effective mutual coupling suppression technique for planar phased array. This is achieved locating a metamaterial superstrate patch between radiation elements of phased array. The superstrate patch is realised by incorporating slots inside the patch, where the slots are arranged in 2×3 array column. The proposed mutual radiation decoupling technique is implemented on FR-4 substrate. Average coupling suppression of 5 dB is achieved on a low permittivity substrate over its operational frequency band. The proposed technique is (i) simple to implement; (ii) planar design; (iii) easily realised in practice; (iv) overcomes the shortcomings of poor front-to-back ratio previously reported in other radiation suppression techniques; and (v) applicable for densely packed microstrip. Furthermore, the proposed planar technique is highly versatile for various applications having stringent performance requirements.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	mutual coupling, metamaterial decoupling strip, antennas, phased array
Subjects:	600 Technology 600 Technology > 620 Engineering & allied operations
Department:	School of Computing and Digital Media
Depositing User:	Bal Virdee
Date Deposited:	17 Aug 2018 08:27
Last Modified:	17 Aug 2018 08:27
URI:	https://repository.londonmet.ac.uk/id/eprint/2843

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