Modelling of a Polarization Insensitive UWB FSS with Band Stop Response

Abstract

This paper presents a compact ultra-wideband frequency selective surface (FSS) with band stop response. The proposed single layer FSS is printed on FR-4 substrate with a unit cell periodicity of 0.138λ_0 × 0.138λ_0, corresponding to its lowest operating frequency. The developed FSS exhibits stable response for plane waves with normal and oblique incidence with TE and TM polarization for angles varying from 0° to 60°. The FSS offers -10dB bandwidth of 141 % covering the entire ultra-wideband frequency range from 2.39 GHz to 13.67 GHz. The structural parameters are optimized, and an equivalent circuit is modelled to analyze the performance of FSS. The simulated results are validated by the measured values.

Keywords

• frequency selective surface
• periodic structure
• ultrawideband
• bandstop
• wireless communication