[15] | Active metasurface | Varactor diode | Excellent beam steering performance, but complicated bias circuit |
[18] | Ferroelectric | Narrow beam steering angle |
[19] | Liquid crystal |
[20] | p-i-n diode (2-bit metasurface) | Excellent beam steering performance / simple bias circuit, but degradation of antenna efficiency |
[22] | p-i-n diode (1-bit metasurface) |
[28] | Changeable source | Source antenna’s switching | Discrete beam steering angle |
[29] | Source antenna’s switching + phase shifter | Excellent beam steering performance, but hybrid type(phased array and transmitarray antennas) |