Development of a 23–230 GHz frequency selective surface for the Microwave Sounder instrument on the MetOp Second Generation mission

Author

Dickie, R. ; Cahill, Ronan ; Mistry, A. ; Henry, M. ; Huggard, P.G. ; Kangas, V. ; de Maagt, Peter

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electron., Commun. & Inf. Technol. (ECIT), Queen´s Univ. Belfast, Belfast, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

8-12 April 2013

Firstpage

2496

Lastpage

2499

Abstract

The design, predicted and measured performance of an ultra-broadband frequency selective surface, developed to separate spatially the spectral signals in the antenna feed network of the Microwave Sounder instrument, is reported. The low pass filter operates at 45° incidence in 7 discrete bands over the frequency range 23 - 230 GHz. Maximum measured in-band loss is 0.4 dB within the transmission and reflection bands.

Keywords

atmospheric acoustics; atmospheric measuring apparatus; MetOp second generation mission; frequency 23 GHz to 230 GHz; low pass filter; microwave sounder instrument; reflection bands; spectral signals; transmission bands; ultrabroadband frequency selective surface; Antenna measurements; Frequency selective surfaces; Instruments; Loss measurement; Microwave filters; Microwave radiometry; Reflection; atmospheric science instrumentation; frequency selective surface; millimetre wave;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2013 7th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2187-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-88-907018-1-8

Type

conf

Filename

6546743