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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

A high-efficiency conformal transmitarray with ultrathin dual-layer Huygens element is developed. The element consists of "I" shape patches for magnetic response and "T" shape stubs for electric response printed on two metal layers of a single substrate with only 0.5 mm thickness (λ <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">0</sub> /60 at 10 GHz). By tuning the magnetic and electric responses, the transmitting phase of the element can be changed. Eight elements are designed to cover quantized 360° phase range with a maximal 1.67 dB loss. Then, the proposed elements are employed in a small conformal transmitarray design. To improve the antenna efficiency, the elements' dimensions are calculated by considering the oblique incidence effects. Finally, a cylindrically conformal transmitarray with a larger aperture size is simulated, fabricated, and measured. It can achieve a measured gain of 20.6 dBi with a 47% aperture efficiency.

A High-Efficiency Conformal Transmitarray Antenna Employing Dual-Layer Ultrathin Huygens Element