Metasurface-based array antennas have garnered significant attention from academia and industry owing to their low cost, low power consumption, and high deployability. However, conventional arrays are often bulky, heavy, and suffer from complex feed networks. To achieve a lower profile, broaden application scenarios, and save space, this paper introduces a low-profile polarization-selective transmission unit. A type circularly polarized transmitarray antenna is designed based on this unit.Furthermore, by incorporating a metal surface around the feed source and switching the coaxial feed ports of a dual-circularly polarized horn antenna, we propose a low-profile broadband circularly polarized folded transmitarray antenna. A measurement campaign reveals that the antenna achieves a maximum gain of 18.5 dBi at 11 GHz. The obtained 3-dB gain and axial ratio bandwidths are 19.6% (9.4~11.5 GHz) and 14.3% (9.8~11.3 GHz), respectively.
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