Bistate Frequency Selective Surfaces Made of Intertwined Slot Arrays



Vallecchi, Andrea ORCID: 0000-0003-1458-1478, Langley, Richard J and Schuchinsky, Alexander G ORCID: 0000-0002-4250-6590
(2017) Bistate Frequency Selective Surfaces Made of Intertwined Slot Arrays. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 65 (6). pp. 3093-3101.

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Abstract

Novel arrangements of active frequency selective surfaces (AFSSs) with integrated voltage control wiring are proposed for bistate (transparency/reflectance) operation at specified frequencies. The AFSSs are comprised of passive arrays of intertwined patterns of slots in a conductor screen and an active dipole array with p-i-n diodes placed on either the same or opposite sides of a thin dielectric substrate. Simulation and measurement results show that such AFSSs exhibit good isolation (15 dB) between the translucency and reflection states at normal incidence that slightly decreases at oblique incidence. The proposed AFSSs maintain the high angular and polarization stability over broad fractional bandwidths inherent to the constituent periodic arrays of intertwined conductor patterns with substantially subwavelength unit cells. The merits of these AFSS arrangements also include resilience to parasitic effects of real switches, whose insertion loss in the ON state only enhances the AFSS ON/OFF isolation. Such AFSSs are essential elements for reconfiguring and controlling the electromagnetic architecture of buildings.

Item Type: Article
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 21 Jul 2017 09:51
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 06:58
DOI: 10.1109/tap.2017.2689025
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3008584