The invention discloses a metasurface
antenna polarization reconfigurable method capable of switching three states of
linear polarization, left-hand
circular polarization and right-hand
circular polarization, and belongs to the technical field of antennas. The antenna comprises a metasurface, a polarization reconfigurable feed structure and a
metal floor. The metasurface structure is composed of four square sub-
wavelength patch units which are identical in size. The polarization reconfigurable feed structure is composed of a crossed
dipole loaded with four PIN tubes and an arrow-shaped dipolejointly formed by two rectangular
metal strips placed along the y axis, and a 50-
ohm coaxial line is adopted to directly feed the polarized reconfigurable feed structure. According to the antenna, thefeed structure is converted into a corresponding L-shaped
dipole form or a
metal strip form along the y axis by controlling the conduction and
cut-off states of the four PIN tubes, so that
linear polarization, left-handed
circular polarization or right-handed circular polarization is formed, and the rapid conversion among
linear polarization, left-handed circular polarization or right-handed circular polarization can be realized. A metal floor is used for realizing the directional
radiation of the antenna. According to the present invention, the metasurface structure is combined with the reconfigurable feed
dipole structure, so that the electric reconfigurable design method of the metasurface antenna is realized; and the three-state polarization reconfigurable function of the metasurfaceantenna can be achieved by controlling the on-off of a few PIN switches of the polarization reconfigurable feed structure. Moreover, a novel L-shaped feed structure is provided for generating the circular polarization state, and meanwhile the antenna has the advantages of being compact, being low in profile, high in
gain and low in cost, being easy to
machine and the like.