Simple and accurate analytical model of planar grids and high-impedance surfaces comprising metal strips or patches

TL;DR

This paper presents simple analytical formulas for the impedance of dense square patch arrays and high-impedance surfaces, validated by simulations, aiding the design of advanced microwave and antenna devices.

Contribution

It introduces new analytical models for grid and surface impedance of dense planar arrays, incorporating oblique incidence and Babinet principle, verified against simulations and literature.

Findings

Analytical formulas accurately predict impedance and reflection properties.

Models are validated with full-wave simulations.

Results facilitate design of antennas and microwave devices.

Abstract

This paper introduces simple analytical formulas for the grid impedance of electrically dense arrays of square patches and for the surface impedance of high-impedance surfaces based on the dense arrays of metal strips or square patches over ground planes. Emphasis is on the oblique-incidence excitation. The approach is based on the known analytical models for strip grids combined with the approximate Babinet principle for planar grids located at a dielectric interface. Analytical expressions for the surface impedance and reflection coefficient resulting from our analysis are thoroughly verified by full-wave simulations and compared with available data in open literature for particular cases. The results can be used in the design of various antennas and microwave or millimeter wave devices which use artificial impedance surfaces and artificial magnetic conductors (reflect-array antennas, tunable phase shifters, etc.), as well as for the derivation of accurate higher-order impedance boundary conditions for artificial (high-) impedance surfaces. As an example, the propagation properties of surface waves along the high-impedance surfaces are studied.