A Minkowski fractal Frequency Selective Surface with high angular stability

Author

Brito, Davi B. ; Araujo, Lincoln M. ; D´Assuncao, Adaildo G. ; Manicoba, Robson H. C.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Comput., Fed. Univ. of Alagoas, Maceio, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

4-7 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An investigation on the properties of Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSSs) with fractal patch elements is presented. Particularly, the main objective of this work is to design a high angular stability FSS band reject filter using a simple fractal element shape based on Minkowski fractal curves. The chosen FSS geometry is composed of a periodic array of conducting patches on a dielectric layer. Simulation and design are performed using Ansoft Designer commercial software for several wave incidence angles. Prototypes are built and measured to validate the study. Good agreement is observed between simulated and measured results.

Keywords

antenna arrays; dielectric devices; filters; fractal antennas; frequency selective surfaces; geometry; microstrip antennas; Ansoft Designer commercial software; FSS band reject filter; FSS geometry; Minkowski fractal curves; Minkowski fractal frequency selective surfaces; conducting patches; dielectric layer; fractal element shape; fractal patch elements; high angular stability; periodic array; wave incidence angles; Arrays; Fractals; Frequency selective surfaces; Microwave filters; Stability analysis; FSS; Fractal FSS; L-System; Minkowski curve; angular stability; transmission coefficient;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2013 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeiro

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2013.6646577

Filename

6646577