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Abstract

A dual-band metasurface antenna is designed consisting of three-layer metal patches and two-layer dielectric substrates. To facilitate the modal analysis of the metasurface, Characteristic Mode Analysis (CMA) is used to analyze the metasurface antenna with 4×4 rectangular patches, and the performance of the antenna is optimized based on the Modal Significance (MS) curves. In order to excite the current of different characteristic modes at certain frequencies, the symmetric resonant arms and cross-shaped impedance matching converters are used in the feeding structure. The measured results are consistent with the simulated values, and the designed antenna can yield the gains of 7.67 dBi at 3.5 GHz and 7.28 dBi at 4.9 GHz, which provides the potential applications in 5G and other wireless communications.

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