Reflection frequency conversion device using active metamaterial surface and ECM system

• US 10,498,042 B2
• Filed: 11/14/2016
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyungpook National University
• Original Assignee: Kyungpook National University
• Inventors: Kim, Hongjoon, Park, Hongwoo, Han, Heeje, Park, Soonwoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Hai V
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bouizza, Michael M
• Application Number:
  US15/350,878
• Publication Number:
  US 20170141477A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,114 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0066 said selective devices being reconfigurable, tunable or controllable, e.g. using switches
• CPC Class Codes: H01Q 15/0086 said selective devices having materials with a synthesized negative refractive index, e.g. metamaterials or left-handed materials

Abstract

A reflection frequency conversion device using an active metamaterial surface comprising: a plate-shaped active metamaterial surface which is configured to continuously convert a phase of a reflected wave by changing surface impedance characteristics in accordance with input voltage; and an arbitrary waveform generator which provides a voltage waveform capable of linearly changing the phase of the reflected wave in accordance with time to the metamaterial surface, where a reflection frequency generated on the metamaterial surface is converted in accordance with a frequency of the voltage waveform provided from the arbitrary waveform generator, where a plurality of metamaterial unit structures are periodically disposed on the metamaterial surface, and where the metamaterial unit structure is a high impedance surface (HIS) provided with a variable capacitor, and the capacitance of the variable capacitor is changed in accordance with applied voltage to change the phase of the reflected wave.

Claims

1. A reflection frequency conversion device using an active metamaterial surface comprising:

a plate-shaped active metamaterial surface which is configured to continuously convert a phase of a reflected wave by changing surface impedance characteristics in accordance with input voltage; and

an arbitrary waveform generator which provides a voltage waveform in a form of linearly and periodically changing a voltage level with respect to time to the metamaterial surface, wherein the phase of the reflected wave is linearly and periodically changed with respect to the time through the voltage waveform,

wherein a reflection frequency generated on the metamaterial surface is converted in accordance with a frequency of the voltage waveform provided from the arbitrary waveform generator,

wherein a plurality of metamaterial unit structures are periodically disposed on the metamaterial surface,

wherein each of the plurality of metamaterial unit structures is a high impedance surface (HIS) having at least one variable capacitor, and the capacitance of each of the at least one variable capacitor is changed in accordance with the voltage waveform to change the phase of the reflected wave,

wherein in each of the plurality of metamaterial unit structures, a dielectric plate with a predetermined thickness is disposed between a conductive lower plate and upper plate,

wherein the upper plate comprises a band-shaped first pattern plate with a hollow and a second pattern plate disposed in the hollow of the first pattern plate, wherein a band-shaped line pattern is formed by a separation interval located between the first pattern plate and the second pattern plate, thereby forming a capacitance component; and

wherein each of the at least one variable capacitor is coupled between the first pattern plate and the second pattern plate and a center of the second pattern plate is connected to the lower plate via a via-pin thereby forming a grounding.

2. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of metamaterial unit structures has a polygonal shape, and each of the at least one variable capacitor is disposed on each side thereof.

3. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 2, wherein each of the at least one variable capacitor has a varactor diode.

4. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 1, wherein one end of the arbitrary waveform generator is coupled to the first pattern plate of the upper plate and another end thereof is coupled to the lower plate.

5. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 1, wherein the arbitrary waveform generator generates and provides the voltage waveform so as to change a bias voltage of a variable capacitor corresponding to a desired resonant frequency.

6. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 5, wherein the arbitrary waveform generator generates the voltage waveform applied to the variable capacitor so as to linearly change a reflected wave phase to 360°

on the metamaterial surface.

7. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 1, wherein the reflection frequency conversion device comprises one or more metamaterial unit cells,

wherein the one or more metamaterial unit cells are periodically disposed on the metamaterial surface,

wherein each of the one or more metamaterial unit cells includes the plurality of metamaterial unit structures having various sizes with the same structure.

8. The reflection frequency conversion device of claim 1, wherein the reflection frequency conversion device comprises one or more metamaterial unit cells,

wherein the one or more metamaterial unit cells are periodically disposed on the metamaterial surface,

wherein each of the one or more metamaterial unit cells includes the plurality of metamaterial unit structures having polygonal shapes different from each other.