A 2.4 GHz Polarization Reconfigurable Metasurface Antenna

A metasurface (MS) antenna that allows polarization reconfigurability is proposed. The MS antenna is formed by a MS and source antenna, separated by a small air gap. The MS consists of 16 identical unit cells on a substrate, where each unit cell used is a corner truncated square patch. A microstrip fed slot antenna (MFSA) is used as the source antenna. The MS converts the linearly polarized (LP) signal generated by the MFSA into a circularly polarized (CP) signal with wider return loss bandwidth(RLBW). By rotating the MS relative to the MFSA, different polarizations could be achieved. For verification of simulation results, the MS antennas are fabricated and measured. Simulated and measured results show good agreements. The MS antenna has an operating frequency of 2.4 GHz, suitable for WLAN applications.