Jin Hui, Zhu Peixuan, Zhu Rongrong, Yang Bo, Zhang Siqi, Lu Huan
State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, ZJU-Hangzhou Global Scientific and Technological Innovation Center, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China.
Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Intelligent Electromagnetic Control and Advanced Electronic Integration, Jinhua Institute of Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Jinhua 321099, China.
Micromachines (Basel). 2025 Aug 6;16(8):911. doi: 10.3390/mi16080911.
In multi-user wireless communication scenarios, signal degradation caused by channel fading and co-channel interference restricts system capacity, while traditional enhancement schemes face challenges of high coordination complexity and hardware integration. This paper proposes an electromagnetic focusing method using a single-layer transmissive passive metasurface. A high-efficiency metasurface array is fabricated based on PCB technology, which utilizes subwavelength units for wide-range phase modulation to construct a multi-user energy convergence model in the WiFi band. By optimizing phase gradients through the geometric phase principle, the metasurface achieves collaborative wavefront manipulation for multiple target regions with high transmission efficiency, reducing system complexity compared to traditional multi-layer structures. Measurements in a microwave anechoic chamber and tests in an office environment demonstrate that the metasurface can simultaneously create signal enhancement zones for multiple users, featuring stable focusing capability and environmental adaptability. This lightweight design facilitates deployment in dense networks, providing an effective solution for signal optimization in indoor distributed systems and IoT communications.
在多用户无线通信场景中,信道衰落和同频干扰导致的信号劣化限制了系统容量,而传统的增强方案面临着高协调复杂度和硬件集成方面的挑战。本文提出了一种使用单层透射式无源超表面的电磁聚焦方法。基于印刷电路板(PCB)技术制造了一种高效超表面阵列,该阵列利用亚波长单元进行大范围相位调制,以在WiFi频段构建多用户能量汇聚模型。通过几何相位原理优化相位梯度,该超表面实现了对多个目标区域的协同波前操控,具有高传输效率,与传统多层结构相比降低了系统复杂度。在微波暗室中的测量以及在办公环境中的测试表明,该超表面可为多个用户同时创建信号增强区域,具有稳定的聚焦能力和环境适应性。这种轻量化设计便于在密集网络中部署,为室内分布式系统和物联网通信中的信号优化提供了一种有效解决方案。