Table 1 Comparsion between proposed and previously presented state-of-the-art reflector based antennas.

From: Low-profile metasurface-backed wideband antenna array for mm-wave applications

Ref.

Antenna Size

Antenna Type

Overall

Thickness (mm)

Frequency

(GHz)

Bandwidth

(GHz)

Gain

(dBi)

Reflector

Type

mm2

λ2

6

21 × 20

1.82 × 1.73

Single Patch

3.11

26.4/27.4

1/0.8

10/9.6

Transmissive

Metasurface

7

25 × 25

2.12 × 2.12

Slot Antenna

5.00

25.5–30.8

5.3

10.3

Reflective

FSS

9

68.42 × 10.06

6.44 × 0.94

Slotted Array

5.70

28.24

0.15

12.41

Reflective

FSS

10

20.53 × 20.63

1.84 × 1.85

1 × 2 Array

6.34

27.38–33.34

5.96

12.7

Transmissive

Metasurface

11

14.50 × 18.00

1.35 × 1.68

Single Patch

6.22

26.62–29.79

3.17

13

Transmissive

Metasurface

Prop.

45 × 23.35

4.05 × 2.10

1 × 4 Array

2.58

27.14–40.14

12.86

12.3

Reflective

Metasurface