Electrically Large High-gain MOR Antenna
Frequency band: within W band (75–110 GHz)
Measured antenna gain: over 52 dBi
Total number of rectangular grooves: 48,884
Pencil-beam MOR Antenna
Frequency band: 73–81 GHz
Measured antenna gain: 41.5 dBi @ 78.5 GHz
Total number of rectangular grooves: 5,961
Fan-beam MOR Antenna
Frequency band: 55–65 GHz
Measured antenna gain: 27.3 dBi @ 60 GHz
OAM Mode-canceling Cassegrain Dual-reflectarray Antenna
Frequency band below -9dB reflection: 17.6–19.8 GHz
Cassegrain dual-reflectarray antenna using the same OAM mode numbers in synthesized main reflectarray (l = +1) and sub-reflectarray (l = +1)
Measured antenna gain (l = 0): 27.2 dBi @ 18 GHz when the OAM mode-canceling relation is used
Measured 3dB antenna gain bandwidth: 1.24 GHz
Measured -10dB reflection bandwidth: 1.18 GHz
Subreflector-deformed and Main-reflectarray-synthesized Cassegrain Dual-reflectarray Antenna
Frequency band: 17.5–18.5 GHz
Selective OAM mode (l = 0 or +1) generation by manually replacing the deformed Cassegrain subreflectors
Measured antenna gain (l = 0): 27.9 dBi @ 18 GHz when a normal Cassegrain subreflector is attached
Microstrip Patch Array Antenna with a Selective Superstrate
Frequency band: 14–16 GHz
A selective superstrate enabling us to change the antenna gains and beamwidths in accordance with its rotation angle
OAM Mode-combining Cassegrain Dual-reflector Antenna
Frequency band: 17–19 GHz
Combined OAM mode (l = -2) generation using the opposite OAM mode numbers in helicoidal main reflector (l = -1) and subreflector (l = +1)
2×2 Matrix-feed-excited Cassegrain Dual-reflector Antenna
Frequency band: 17.5–18.5 GHz
Measured antenna gain (l = 0): 27.7 dBi @ 18 GHz
Maximum OAM mode isolation: 31 dB @ 18 GHz when l = -1 (Tx) and l = 0 (Rx)
Three OAM mode (l = 0, ±1) generation by 2×2 matrix feed and OAM mode mux (OMM)
Subreflector-deformed Cassegrain Dual-reflector Antenna
Frequency band: 15.1–21.2 GHz
Measured maximum antenna gain: 23.3 dBi @ 18 GHz
OAM mode (l = +1) generation by deforming a Cassegrain subreflector
All-dielectric Transmitarray Lens Antenna
Frequency band: 27–33 GHz
Processed holes to generate the OAM modes with l = +1 or -1
Compact Aperture-coupled 8×8 Horn Array Antenna
Frequency band: 14.4–15.35 GHz
Measured antenna gain: 25.1 dBi @ 14.83 GHz
Floating-patch MEMS Antenna on an HRS Substrate
Frequency band: 39.5–45.5 GHz
Measured antenna gain for 2×2 array: 12 dBi @ 42 GHz
Acknowledgment: Dr. Man-Lyun Ha, who was advised by the Late Prof. Young-Se Kwon in the Department of Electrical Engineering, KAIST, Korea, conducted the whole manufacturing processes based on MEMS technologies.
Microstrip/Waveguide OAM Mode Mux (OMM)
Frequency band: 17.5–18.5 GHz
Simultaneously generating the antenna inputs (l = 0, ±1) of a 2×2 matrix feed, similar to a Butler matrix
MORSim
Metal-Only Reflectarray Simulator
Computation time: approximately 273 seconds for super-gain MOR antennas with more than 50 dBi antenna gain (diagonal length ≈ 200 wavelengths)
Important features
Automatic design and rapid simulation for metal-only reflectarray (MOR) antennas
Parallel computations using OpenMP, MPI, and GPU CUDA
MARCH (Modified Armijo-Rule-based Conditional Heuristics), bisection, Newton, GA (Genetic Algorithm), PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization), and DE (Differential Evolution) Optimizations
ACE NEC-2 Engine
Wire-meshing and partial patch-meshing 64-bit NEC-2 MoM (Method of Moments) engines accelerated by OpenMP and GPU CUDA
Features: precise scattering and radiation analyses for large-scale metallic objects
ACE PO Engine
Patch-meshing 64-bit PO (Physical Optics) and IPO (Iterative PO) engines accelerated by OpenMP and GPU CUDA
Features: approximate scattering analysis for large-scale metallic objects
ACE SBR Engine
Patch-meshing 64-bit SBR (Shooting and Bouncing Ray) engine implemented by NVIDIA OptiX
Features: approximate scattering analysis for large-scale magnetodielectric-coated metallic objects, ray-tracing wireless channel modeling
Near-field Antenna Measurement System Using a Camera-based Automatic Positioner
Antenna measurement system capable of planar and circular cylindrical scanning
Camera-based automatic positioner and corresponding software transforming traditional measurement into intelligent and autonomous control
Automatic horizontal, vertical, and azimuthal alignment of a probe by recognizing an antenna under test (AUT)