Analysis of frequency selective surface absorbers via a novel equivalent circuit method

An equivalent circuit （EC） method for absorbers design is proposed in this paper. Without using full-wave analysis, the EC method can predict the performance of the absorbers. This method is employed to synthesize broadband absorbers by inserting the resistors respectively into the single-and double-square loops structures, then two different prototypes with broadband absorbing frequency bands are manufactured and measured. By comparisons with the results both by using the full-wave analysis and by the measurements, the correctness of the new EC method is verified. Some factors which affect the absorbing bandwidth are also investigated. Due to its fast and accurate characteristics, the EC method which can be theoretically applied to arbitrary FSS is a good candidate for broadband design of the absorbers.

Improvement on the wave absorbing property of a lossy frequency selective surface absorber using a magnetic substrate

An equivalent-circuit model is used to analyse the improvement of the wave absorbing performance of the lossy frequency selective surface（FSS） absorber by using a magnetic substrate,showing that it is possible to widen the wave absorbing bandwidth.Three pieces of magnetic substrates are prepared.According to the complex permittivity and permeability,the reflectivity of the corresponding absorber is calculated by the finite difference time-domain（FDTD） method,and the bandwidth of the reflectivity below 10 dB is optimized by genetic algorithm.The calculated results indicate that the wave absorbing performance is significantly improved by increasing the complex permeability of the substrate;the reflectivity bandwidth below 10 dB of the single layer FSS absorber can reach 3.6-18 GHz with a thickness of 5 mm,which is wider than that with a dielectric substrate.The density of the FSS absorber is only 0.92 g/cm 3.Additionally,the absorption band can be further widened by inserting a second lossy FSS.Finally,a double layer lossy FSS absorber with a magnetic substrate is fabricated based on the design result.The experimental result is consistent with the design one.

An ultrathin wide-band planar metamaterial absorber based on a fractal frequency selective surface and resistive film

We propose an ultrathin wide-band metamaterial absorber （MA） based on a Minkowski （MIK） fractal frequency selective surface and resistive film. This absorber consists of a periodic arrangement of dielectric substrates sandwiched with an MIK fractal loop structure electric resonator and a resistive film. The finite element method is used to simulate and analyze the absorption of the MA. Compared with the MA-backed copper film, the designed MA-backed resistive film exhibits an absorption of 90% at a frequency region of 2 GHz-20 GHz. The power loss density distribution of the MA is further illustrated to explain the mechanism of the proposed MA. Simulated absorptions at different incidence cases indicate that this absorber is polarization-insensitive and wide-angled. Finally, further simulated results indicate that the surface resistance of the resistive film and the dielectric constant of the substrate can affect the absorbing property of the MA. This absorber may be used in many military fields.

Design of a tunable frequency selective surface absorber as a loaded receiving antenna array

An effective approach to designing a tunable electromagnetic absorber is presented and experimentally verified; it is based on an idea that an existing frequency selective surface （FSS） absorber is regarded as a loaded receiving antenna array. The existing absorber is effectively simplified by withdrawing half of the loaded resistors; a more compact one is obtained when lumped capacitors are introduced. Building on this, a varactor-tunable absorber with a proper bias network is proposed. Numerical simulations of one tunable absorber with 1.6 mm in thickness show that a wide tuning range from 3.05 GHz to 1.96 GHz is achieved by changing the capacitance of the loaded varactor from 0.5 pF to 5.0 pF. An experiment is carried out using a rectangular waveguide measurement setup and excellent agreement between the simulated and measured results is demonstrated.

A Wide-Spaced Dual-Band Metamaterial Absorber Based on 2.5D Frequency Selective Surfaces and Magnetic Material

By applying meander-line for electrical loss and magnetic material for magnetic loss,we present a metamaterial absorber which is wide-spaced and dual-band(1.35—2.24 GHz and 10.37—12.37 GHz).The novelty of this study mainly lies in a combination of two kinds of losses to consume electromagnetic energy,which can get better dual-band absorption.In the electrical loss layer,meander-line structures are printed on both surfaces of the substrate and the structure series with resistors.Considering the need for miniaturization,we connect eight metallic vias with these meander-line areas to form a compact 2.5-dimensional(2.5D)structure.The dimension of the unit cell is miniaturized to be 5.94 mm×5.94 mm,about 0.035λat the center frequency of the lower absorption band.In the magnetic loss layer,the 0.4 mm thick magnetic material is employed on a metallic ground plane.In addition,the complex permittivity and complex permeability of the magnetic material are given.Finally,we fabricate a prototype of the proposed absorber and obtain a measurement result which is in good agreement with the full-wave simulation result.

Enhanced microwave absorption property of silver decorated biomass ordered porous carbon composite materials with frequency selective surface incorporation

Porous carbon(PC)is a promising electromagnetic(EM)wave absorbing material thanks to its light weight,large specific surface area as well as good dissipating capacity.To further improve its microwave absorbing performance,silver coated porous carbon(Ag@PC)is synthesized by one-step hydro-thermal synthesis process making use of fir as a biomass formwork.Phase compositions,morphological structure,and microwave absorption capability of the Ag@PC has been explored.Research results show that the metallic Ag was successfully reduced and the particles are evenly distributed inward the pores of the carbon formwork,which accelerates graphitization process of the amorphous carbon.The Ag@PC composite without adding polyvinyl pyrrolidone(PVP)exhibits higher dielectric constant and better EM wave dissipating capability.This is because the larger particles of Ag give rise to higher electric conductivity.After combing with frequency selective surface(FSS),the EM wave absorbing performance is further improved and the frequency region below-10 d B is located in8.20-11.75 GHz,and the minimal reflection loss value is-22.5 dB.This work indicates that incorporating metallic Ag particles and FSS provides a valid way to strengthen EM wave absorbing capacity of PC material.

Frequency selective surface with better polarization independency for arbitrary incident angle

This paper investigates the frequency-selective property of a planar layer consisting of period arrays both theoretically and experimentally for different polarizations at arbitrary incident angle. The novel element is designed by loading the rectangular microstrip element with L-shaped conducting patch at its two ends. Based on the spectral-domain method, the frequency response including angle effect and polarization effect of the frequency selective surface （FSS） structure are analysed and the plots of the frequency versus transmission coefficient are obtained. As a result of the numerical analysis, it is shown that if the source polarization is changed, polarization-independence of previous FSS design can be achieved only for normal incidence, which limits most FSS applications. But in our proposed structure, the better polarization-independency for arbitrary incident angle can be achieved. It is observed that the simulated result comes very close to the experimental result.

Frequency selective surface structure optimized by genetic algorithm

Frequency selective surface （FSS） is a two-dimensional periodic structure which has promiaent characteristics of bandpass or bandbloek when interacting with electromagnetic waves. In this paper, the thickness, the dielectric constant, the element graph and the arrangement periodicity of an FSS medium are investigated by Genetic Algorithm （GA） when an electromagnetic wave is incident on the FSS at a wide angle, and an optimized FSS structure and transmission characteristics are obtained. The results show that the optimized structure has better stability in relation to incident angle of electromagnetic wave and preserves the stability of centre frequency even at an incident angle as large as 80°, thereby laying the foundation for the application of FSS to curved surfaces at wide angles.

All-dielectric frequency selective surface design based on dielectric resonator

In this work,we propose an all-dielectric frequency selective surface（FSS） composed of periodically placed highpermittivity dielectric resonators and a three-dimensional（3D） printed supporter.Mie resonances in the dielectric resonators offer strong electric and magnetic dipoles,quadrupoles,and higher order terms.The re-radiated electric and magnetic fields by these multipoles interact with the incident fields,which leads to total reflection or total transmission in some special frequency bands.The measured results of the fabricated FSS demonstrate a stopband fractional bandwidth（FBW）of 22.2%,which is consistent with the simulated result.

A novel four-legged loaded element thick-screen frequency selective surface with a stable performance

A thick-screen frequency selective surface （FSS） has not only a broad bandwidth but also the advantages of overcoming the multilayer FSS shortcoming of complex structure and low transmittance of centre frequency due to the cascade of FSSs, and this means it could potentially be applied in a stealth curved streamlined radome. However, there is an unsteadiness of centre frequency in a wide range of incident angles and another unsteadiness of polarization in a big incident angle. In order to solve these problems, in this paper we provide a novel four-legged loaded element thick-screen FSS. The structure is analysed and simulated using the mode matching method and moment method. The centre frequency, the transmittance of centre frequency, and bandwidth of the structure are investigated when some parameters including the polarization at a big incident angle and the incident angles of TE ＆： TM waves are changed. The novel four-legged loaded element thick-screen FSS has better transmission properties with a better steadiness of polarization and incident angle independence. The novel structure of the four-legged loaded element thick-screen FSS provides a valuable reference for their application in a stealth curved streamlined radome.

A band-pass frequency selective surface with polarization rotation

A band-pass frequency selective surface(FSS) with polarization rotation property is proposed. The proposed polarization rotating FSS(PR-FSS) is a two-dimensional periodic structure, its unit cell is an antenna-filter-antenna(AFA) module,and the polarization directions of the upper and lower antennas in each AFA module are orthogonal to each other, so the PR-FSS can achieve frequency selection and 90 degrees polarization rotation at the same time. The numerical simulation demonstrate that the anticipated frequency selection and polarization rotation are realized by the PR-FSS in the frequency band from 8.84 GHz to 10.30 GHz with a relative bandwidth of 15.26%, and the maximum insertion loss in the pass band is only 0.17 d B. Finally, one effective experiment validation is carried out, a reasonable agreement is observed between the experimental and simulated results except for a slight deviation caused by fabrication error and measurement tolerance.

Single-layer angularly-stable bandpass frequency-selective surface with interdigital resonator

A miniaturized periodic element for constructing bandpass frequency selective surface(FSS)independent of incident angles and polarizations is presented.An interdigital resonator(IR)with one extending finger to connect the two separate parts of the interdigital capacitor is explored to achieve parallel resonance.The equivalent circuit model(ECM)and electric field distributions are introduced to explain frequency performance of FSS.The whole structure has only one layer and possesses a low profile(a thickness of 0.0015λ,where λ represents the resonant wavelength in free space)as well as a small size(0.03λ×0.03λ).This FSS performs as a spatial bandpass filter which exhibits a great angular stability with incident angles ranging from 0° to 80° for both transverse electric(TE)and transverse magnetic(TM)polarizations.As an example,a prototype of one proposed FSS is fabricated and tested.The measured results show a good angular stability.

Design of double-layer active frequency-selective surface with PIN diodes for stealth radome

An experimental double-layer active frequency-selective surface（AFSS） for stealth radome is proposed. The AFSS is a planar structure which is composed of a fixed frequency-selective surface（FSS）, a PIN diodes array, and a DC bias network. The AFSS elements incorporating switchable PIN diodes are discussed. By means of controlling the DC bias network, it is possible to switch the frequency response for reflecting and transmitting. Measured and simulated data validate that when the incidence angle varies from 0°to 30° the AFSS produces more than-11.5 dB isolation across6–18 GHz when forward biased. The insertion loss（IL） is less than 0.5 dB across 10–11 GHz when reverse biased.

Frequency-selective microwave polarization rotator using substrate-integrated waveguide cavities

A frequency selective polarization rotator that can rotate the polarization angle of an incident electromagnetic wave at the microwave frequency by 45 is presented. The polarization rotator is based on a two-dimensional periodic array of substrate integrated waveguide cavities, realizing the polarization rotation by coupling the input signal to the output wave through three metallic slots. Two layers of frequency selective surfaces are cascaded by substrate and form the polarization rotator. A vertical slot on the top layer is used to select the horizontal polarization from the incident wave, the vertical and the horizontal slots on the bottom layer are, respectively, used to obtain horizontally and vertically polarized outgoing waves. The two orthogonal outgoing waves are combined to result in the 45~ polarized wave. Both full wave simulation and experimental measurement are carried out, together validating the proposed method.

Performance Improvement of Multiband Triangular Microstrip Patch Antenna Using Frequency Selective Surface

Today's antennas have to operate in multiple resonant frequencies to satisfy the need of recent advances in communication technologies.This paper presents split ring resonator based triangular multiband antenna whose antenna performance is enhanced with the help of frequency selective surfaces(FSSs).The antenna has multiple resonances at S,C,and X bands.An array of 4×3 crisscross-shaped unit cells are arranged to form the FSS layer.The antenna is fed with a microstrip line feeding technique.The proposed antenna operates at 3.5 GHz,4.1 GHz,5.5GHz,9.4GHz,and 9.8 GHz with a better return loss and gain.Simulated and measured results yield a good match.

Tunable wideband absorber based on resistively loaded lossy high-impedance surface

A lossy high-impedance surface comprised of two layers of resistive frequency selective surfaces is employed to design a tunable electromagnetic absorber. The tunability is realized through changing the composite unit cell by moving the top layer mechanically. To explain the absorbing mechanism, an equivalent circuit model with an interacting coefficient is proposed. Then, simulations and measurements are carried out and agree well with each other. Results show that the complex structure with a thickness less than λ0/4 is able to achieve a wideband absorption in a frequency range from5.90 GHz to 19.73 GHz. Moreover, it is tunable in the operation frequency band.

Influence of Unidirectional Tensile External-loading on Electromagnetic Property of the Perforated Frequency Selective Surface Illuminated by Electromagnetic Wave Incident at Arbitrary Angles

That whether unidirectional tension changes the influence of incident angle on FSS's(frequency selective surface) electromagnetic(EM) property and whether incident angle changes the effect of unidirectional intension on FSS's EM property is researched.The pattern and magnitude of these changes are revealed.Firstly,the analyses for the mechanism of unidirectional tension's influence and the mechanism of the coupling between the influences of unidirectional tension and incident angle are conducted.Then,according to the mechanism of these influences,Mechanics-Electromagnetics co-analysis is conducted based on mechanics finite element method and electromagnetics finite element method.The frequency responses of the FSS which is under different unidirectional tensions and illuminated by EM wave incident at different angles are gained.The concept"unidirectional tensile sensitivity of FSS"is put forward along with two unidirectional tensile sensitivity factors.By using angular sensitivity-factor and unidirectional tensile sensitivity-factor,the influences of unidirectional tension and incident angle,which are coupled with each other,are expatiated respectively.Research results show that these influences have two sides.Meanwhile,basing on Mode Matching Method and according to the results of numerical investigation,one principle for the layout of FSS with apertures is gained.Several suggestions for further research are given.

A flexible ultra-broadband multi-layered absorber working at 2 GHz-40 GHz printed by resistive ink

A flexible extra broadband metamaterial absorber(MMA)stacked with five layers working at 2 GHz–40 GHz is investigated.Each layer is composed of polyvinyl chloride(PVC),polyimide(PI),and a frequency selective surface(FSS),which is printed on PI using conductive ink.To investigate this absorber,both one-dimensional analogous circuit analysis and three-dimensional full-wave simulation based on a physical model are provided.Various crucial electromagnetic properties,such as absorption,effective impedance,complex permittivity and permeability,electric current distribution and magnetic field distribution at resonant peak points,are studied in detail.Analysis shows that the working frequency of this absorber covers entire S,C,X,Ku,K and Ka bands with a minimum thickness of 0.098λ_(max)(λ_(max) is the maximum wavelength in the absorption band),and the fractional bandwidth(FBW)reaches 181.1%.Moreover,the reflection coefficient is less than-10 dB at 1.998 GHz–40.056 GHz at normal incidence,and the absorptivity of the plane wave is greater than 80%when the incident angle is smaller than 50°.Furthermore,the proposed absorber is experimentally validated,and the experimental results show good agreement with the simulation results,which demonstrates the potential applicability of this absorber at 2 GHz–40 GHz.

频率选择表面(FSS)在雷达吸波材料中的应用及最新进展

研究了频率选择表面(FSS)在雷达吸渡材料中的应用,阐述了其原理和研究现状。重点介绍了频率特性可调的含主动式 FSS 的吸波结构。从研究的情况来看,经过恰当的材料选取以及结构设计,FSS 可以改进雷达吸波材料的性能。最后展望了 FSS 在雷达吸波材料中的应用前景。