Meta-surface water load

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11646478-B2
Application number	US-202117356525-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 24, 2021
Priority date	Dec 8, 2020
Publication date	May 9, 2023
Grant date	May 9, 2023

Abstract

A meta-surface water load includes a waveguide section, a water load section and two meta-surface plates; the water load section is arranged at a rear end of the waveguide section; the two meta-surface plates are arranged opposite on inner walls of two narrow sides of the waveguide section; the water load section includes a metal casing, a ceramic partition, a water inlet and a water outlet; the metal casing is mounted at the rear end of the waveguide section; cooling liquid flows in the metal casing, entering from the water inlet and leaving from the water outlet; the ceramic partition is for separating interior of the waveguide section and interior of the metal casing; a relative permittivity of materials from front to rear of each meta-surface plate is progressively increased, so that microwave in the waveguide section is propagated to the water load section in one direction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A meta-surface water load, comprising a waveguide section ( 1 ), a water load section ( 2 ) and two meta-surface plates ( 3 ), wherein: the water load section ( 2 ) is arranged at a rear end of the waveguide section ( 1 ); the two meta-surface plates ( 3 ) are arranged opposite on inner walls of two narrow sides of the waveguide section ( 1 ); the water load section ( 2 ) comprises a metal casing ( 4 ), a ceramic partition ( 5 ), a water inlet ( 6 ) and a water outlet ( 7 ); the metal casing ( 4 ) is mounted at the rear end of the waveguide section ( 1 ); cooling liquid flows in the metal casing ( 4 ), entering from the water inlet ( 6 ) and leaving from the water outlet ( 7 ); the ceramic partition ( 5 ) is for separating an interior of the waveguide section ( 1 ) and an interior of the metal casing ( 4 ); a relative permittivity of materials from front to rear of each meta-surface plate ( 3 ) is progressively increased, so that a microwave in the waveguide section ( 1 ) is propagated to the water load section ( 2 ) in one direction.

2. The meta-surface water load, as recited in claim 1 , wherein: for each meta-surface plate ( 3 ), in a length direction, a coordinate of a starting point away from the water load section ( 2 ) is x 0 , and a coordinate of an ending point close to the water load section ( 2 ) is x L ; a relative permittivity of every position point of the meta-surface plate ( 3 ) in the length direction constitutes a step function, and a coordinate of the position point is x, x L >x>x 0 ; each step of the step function intersects with another built theoretical function of

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in the equation, ε′(x) represents a theoretical function of relative permittivity changing with a position; n(x) represents a theoretical function of refractive index changing with the position; K is a constant, whose value determines a change rate of the refractive index and a change rate of the relative permittivity and can be obtained through electromagnetic simulation optimization; k 0 represents a wave number of an electromagnetic wave; and d represents a thickness of the meta-surface plate ( 3 ).

3. The meta-surface water load, as recited in claim 2 , wherein: each meta-surface plate ( 3 ) comprises a plurality of dielectric plates which are sequentially arranged from front to rear; a relative permittivity of a front dielectric plate is smaller than that of a rear dielectric plate; a function segment, constituted by the relative permittivity of every position point of one dielectric plate, corresponds to one step of the step function.

4. The meta-surface water load, as recited in claim 3 , wherein: slots ( 8 ) are provided on each dielectric plate, penetrating through a top part and a bottom part of each dielectric plate.

5. The meta-surface water load, as recited in claim 4 , wherein a section of the slots ( 8 ) provided on the front dielectric plate is larger than that of the slots ( 8 ) provided on the rear dielectric plate.

6. The meta-surface water load, as recited in claim 2 , wherein a thickness of each meta-surface plate ( 3 ) is 8 mm.

7. The meta-surface water load, as recited in claim 1 , wherein: a plurality of baffles ( 9 ), vertical to the ceramic partition ( 5 ), are arranged inside the metal casing ( 4 ); adjacent baffles ( 9 ) are staggered, so that the cooling liquid flows in the metal casing ( 4 ) in an S-shape.

Assignees

• Univ Sichuan

Inventors

• Zhu Huacheng
• Yang Yang

Classifications

• H01P1/30 Primary

  for compensation of, or protection against, temperature or moisture effects {; for improving power handling capability (H01P1/04, H01P1/08 take precedence)} · CPC title

• H01P1/262 Primary

  the dissipative medium being a liquid or being cooled by a liquid · CPC title

• H01P1/264

  Waveguide terminations (H01P1/262 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01P3/16

  Dielectric waveguides, i.e. without a longitudinal conductor · CPC title