A High-Gain Dual-Band Shared-Aperture Array Integrating Zero-Order-Resonance Patch and Higher-Order Metasurface Antenna

Abstract

This letter proposes a high-gain shared-aperture array which integrates the hybrid zeroth-order-resonance (ZOR) patch and the higher-order metasurface antenna (MA). In terms of each array element, four hybrid ZOR patches with shorting pins form a metasurface which is fed by slot coupling. Different from some reported designs which have more high-frequency elements than low-frequency ones, the whole array is composed of 4 × 4 hybrid ZOR patches operating in C band (4.74 ∼ 5.12 GHz) and 2 × 2 MAs working in Ku band (13.0 ∼ 14.0 GHz). Such a layout brings that the designed array has the benefit to reduce Ku-band loss. Measure results validate the dual-band operation and show that the antenna has its peak gains of 12.7 dBi and 17.2 dBi in these two bands, respectively.