Research Article

Performance Analyses of the Radio Orbital Angular Momentum Steering Technique Based on Ka-Band Antenna

Table 1

The feeding phases and amplitudes of each patch for different antenna arrays.

PatchOAM1OAM2OAM1_1OAM2_1
Phase (Amp (dB)Phase (Amp (dB)Phase (Amp (dB)Phase (Amp (dB)

10−10.150−10.130−10.40−10.14
245 − 0.4−10.490 − 0.2−10.32−21.5 + 0.1−10.123.4 − 0.6−10.43
3−90 + 0.4−10.34180 + 0.2−10.46−28−10.462 − 0.6−10.37
4−45 − 0.3−9.98−90 − 0.2−10.03−94.5 − 0.5−10.140.4 + 4−10.13
50−10.15180 − 0.6−9.94−173 + 0.2−9.9−6.8−10.06
645 − 0.4−10.4−90 + 0.5−10.33−75.3 − 0.2−10.4149.7 + 0.2−10.43
7−90 + 0.4−10.34180 − 0.6−10.3521.1−10.4−68.9 + 0.2−10.5
8−45 − 0.3−9.98−90 + 0.1−9.96177.7 − 0.2−10.2132.7 − 0.3−9.85