Experimental investigation of FSS cascading with fractal elements

Author

Maniçoba, Robson H C ; Campos, Antonio Luiz P S ; de Lima Silva, Tércio ; D´Assunção, Adaildo Gomes

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

689

Lastpage

693

Abstract

This paper presents experimental investigations of cascaded Frequency Selective Surfaces (FSS) with perfectly conducting fractal patch elements. Fractal FSS screens, each one using a type of fractal element, were cascaded and separated by an air gap layer. The structures are cascaded using Teflon spacers and screws to obtain the air gap. In this work three types of fractal elements were used, such as Koch, Minkowski, and Dürer´s pentagon patches.

Keywords

air gaps; antenna theory; fractal antennas; frequency selective surfaces; microstrip antennas; Durer pentagon patch; FSS cascading; Koch pentagon patch; Minkowski pentagon patch; Teflon screws; Teflon spacers; air gap layer; fractal FSS screens; frequency selective surfaces; perfectly conducting fractal patch elements; Bandwidth; Finite element methods; Fractals; Frequency selective surfaces; Microwave filters; Periodic structures; Cascaded FSS; Dürer´s pentagon; Experimental Investigation; Fractal Elements; Koch; Minkowski;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169231

Filename

6169231