Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector

In this study, a dual-band dual-beam shared-aperture reflector antenna based on a Cassegrain configuration is designed using a frequency-selective surface (FSS) subreflector. The antenna generates two shaped beams that operate at different frequencies and can spatially overlap. One beam contour can...

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Main Authors: Qunbiao Wang, Peng Li, Guodong Tan, Yiqun Zhang, Yuanxin Yan, Wanye Xu, Paolo Rocca
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Published: MDPI AG 2025-05-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/9/2934
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Peng Li
Guodong Tan
Yiqun Zhang
Yuanxin Yan
Wanye Xu
Paolo Rocca
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description In this study, a dual-band dual-beam shared-aperture reflector antenna based on a Cassegrain configuration is designed using a frequency-selective surface (FSS) subreflector. The antenna generates two shaped beams that operate at different frequencies and can spatially overlap. One beam contour can be independently optimized by properly designing the shape of the main reflector. The contour of the second beam is defined by optimizing the unit cell and geometry of the FSS-based subreflector once the shape of the main reflector is set. The reflector antenna design is cast as the optimization of a suitably defined cost function aimed at yielding the desired directivity performance in the regions of coverage. In order to validate the proposed solution, a set of numerical experiments was conducted using most of China and Shaanxi province as benchmark examples.
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spelling doaj-art-75fd35c488bc408dbf381e751de478762025-08-20T01:50:46ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-05-01259293410.3390/s25092934Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS SubreflectorQunbiao Wang0Peng Li1Guodong Tan2Yiqun Zhang3Yuanxin Yan4Wanye Xu5Paolo Rocca6State Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Integrated Manufacturing of High-Performance Electronic Equipments, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Integrated Manufacturing of High-Performance Electronic Equipments, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Coupling in Electronic Equipment, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Coupling in Electronic Equipment, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaSchool of Cyber Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230027, ChinaNational Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Coupling in Electronic Equipment, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Electromechanical Integrated Manufacturing of High-Performance Electronic Equipments, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaIn this study, a dual-band dual-beam shared-aperture reflector antenna based on a Cassegrain configuration is designed using a frequency-selective surface (FSS) subreflector. The antenna generates two shaped beams that operate at different frequencies and can spatially overlap. One beam contour can be independently optimized by properly designing the shape of the main reflector. The contour of the second beam is defined by optimizing the unit cell and geometry of the FSS-based subreflector once the shape of the main reflector is set. The reflector antenna design is cast as the optimization of a suitably defined cost function aimed at yielding the desired directivity performance in the regions of coverage. In order to validate the proposed solution, a set of numerical experiments was conducted using most of China and Shaanxi province as benchmark examples.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/9/2934dual-band dual-beam reflector antennaFSS subreflectorshaped reflector antennashared antenna aperture
spellingShingle Qunbiao Wang
Peng Li
Guodong Tan
Yiqun Zhang
Yuanxin Yan
Wanye Xu
Paolo Rocca
Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector
Sensors
dual-band dual-beam reflector antenna
FSS subreflector
shaped reflector antenna
shared antenna aperture
title Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector
title_full Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector
title_fullStr Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector
title_full_unstemmed Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector
title_short Dual-Band Dual-Beam Shared-Aperture Reflector Antenna Design with FSS Subreflector
title_sort dual band dual beam shared aperture reflector antenna design with fss subreflector
topic dual-band dual-beam reflector antenna
FSS subreflector
shaped reflector antenna
shared antenna aperture
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/9/2934
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