Polarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surfaces Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology

TitlePolarization Rotating Frequency Selective Surfaces Based on Substrate Integrated Waveguide Technology
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2010
AuthorsWinkler SA, Hong W., Bozzi M., Wu K.
JournalIEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume58
Issue4
Abstract

A novel frequency selective surface based on substrate integrated waveguide technology (SIW) is proposed and studied theoretically and experimentally. Its primary function is the selection of a linear polarization of an incident wave and its 90-degree rotation in a given frequency band. The proposed structure is based on an SIW cavity, coupled to the input and output by two orthogonal slots, and is designed using a simulation code based on the method of moments boundary integral-resonant mode expansion method, especially developed for the accurate characterization of FSS structures. Moreover, a complete design procedure for the proposed structure and a parametric study of its performance are presented. Finally, in order to verify the proposed structure, a prototype is designed at an operation frequency of 35 GHz, exhibiting a relative bandwidth of 9.1% and an impedance matching of better than -11 dB with a maximum insertion loss of 0.2 dB in the passband. Its performance is investigated in detail including the analysis of non-orthogonal incidence angles.

DOI10.1109/TAP.2010.2041170