Low-cost higher order floquet structure integrated meander line polarizer and radome
A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome including: a substrate including layers having a dielectric constant (dk) of 2.9; a HOFS including metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers; and meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers, wherein the substrate includes a low-cost material and the metal layers include a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater.
1. A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome comprising:
a substrate comprising layers having a dielectric constant (dk) of 2.9;
a HOFS comprising metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers;
meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers; and
a radome comprising polycarbonate,
wherein the substrate comprises a low-cost material and the metal layers comprise a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater.
2. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the low-cost material comprises a polycarbonate.
3. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the low-cost material comprises a polyester.
4. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein each of the meander lines is shaped as a rectangular wave and the meander lines are stacked above each other.
5. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a cross-section depth between 150 and 450 mils.
6. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome is configured to operate in a frequency range comprising 10.7 to 14.5 GHz.
7. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the integrated HOFS meander line polarizer radome is configured to operate with a scan angle θ from 0° to 50° and a φ scan angle from 0° and 360°.
8. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the radome comprises polycarbonate having a thickness of at least 30 mils.
9. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the radome has a cross-section depth less than 120 mils.
10. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the radome has a cross-section depth between 20 and 60 mils.
11. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric constant of the radome is between 2.0 and 5.0.
12. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a cross-section depth between 150 and 450 mils.
13. A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome comprising:
a substrate comprising layers;
a HOFS comprising metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers; and
meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers,
wherein the substrate comprises a low-cost material and the metal layers comprise a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater, the low-cost material comprises a polycarbonate and the substrate has a cross-section depth between 150 and 450 mils.
14. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 13 , wherein the HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome is configured to operate in a frequency range comprising 10.7 to 14.5 GHz.
15. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 13 , wherein the integrated HOFS meander line polarizer radome is configured to operate with a scan angle θ from 0° to 50° and a φ scan angle from 0° and 360°.
16. The HOFS integrated meander line polarizer and radome of claim 13 , further comprising a radome comprising polycarbonate having a cross-section depth less than 120 mils.
17. A higher order Floquet-mode structure (HOFS) integrated meander line polarizer and radome comprising:
a substrate comprising layers;
a HOFS comprising metal layers disposed in a first subset of the layers; and
meander lines, to provide a phase shift and match, disposed in a second subset of the layers; and
a radome comprising polycarbonate having a cross-section depth of less than 120 mils,
wherein the substrate comprises a low-cost material and the metal layers comprise a feature trace and gap widths of about 10 mils or greater, and the low-cost material comprises a polycarbonate.