Reflection Amplifier with Phase Control Suitable for Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
摘要
In this work, an elementary circuit block suitable for Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (ARIS) implementation, at \({5.8}\,\,\text {GHz}\) , is presented. The chain is composed of a reflection amplifier cascaded to a phase shifter. The block exhibits a variable gain in the 0 to 15 dB range, and a maximum phase shift of 260 \(^{\circ }\) , by varying the amplifier supply and phase shifter control voltages in the 2.5 V to 3.5 V and 0 V to 5 V ranges, respectively. The maximum power consumption of the cascade is within 52.5 \(\text {mW}\) . This work is the result of a collaboration between the University of Florence and the University of Perugia, in the frame of the PRIN 2022 SIPT-VARIS project.