A High Angular Stability, Single-Layer Transmission Linear-to-Circular Polarization Converter for Dual ISM-Band Operation

Abstract

This paper presents a planar metasurface structure for linear to circular polarization (CP) conversion at the industrial, scientific, and medical bands of 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz. The new unit-cell structure consists of two loaded symmetric cross-shaped stubs with a size of 0.26 λ × 0.26 λ in a single thin substrate with a thickness of 0.0064 λ. The design process and parametric study are presented to clarify the operating mechanism for each frequency. The unit-cell element is analyzed and simulated, which exhibits an axial ratio (AR) bandwidth of 15.8% and 12.6% at a 3-dB criterion with the same polarization mode at 2.4 GHz and 5.8 GHz, respectively. The proposed LP-to-CP converter achieves a stable AR bandwidth with an oblique incident angle up to 45°. Moreover, a dual-band linear polarization (LP) antenna is combined with an array of 4 × 4 unit cells to validate the polarization converting ability of the proposed metasurface. The LP-to-CP converter and the antenna are fabricated and measured. The measurement results show that the antenna obtains a good impedance matching and CP waves radiation at 2.33–2.51 GHz and 5.55–5.89 GHz. The integrated antenna with dual-band CP waves radiation is suitable for improving the transmission efficiency in communication and wireless power transfer applications.