Title :
Dual-Band High Impedance Surface With Mushroom-Type Cells Loaded by Symmetric Meandered Slots
Author :
Chen, Xi ; Li, Long ; Liang, Chang Hong ; Su, Zi Jian ; Zhu, Cheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electron. Eng., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an, China
Abstract :
A novel dual-band high impedance surface (HIS) with mushroom-type cells loaded by symmetric meandered slots is proposed. Two kinds of band-gap features: one for surface wave suppression and the other for high-impedance in-phase reflectivity, are realized for dual-band operation simultaneously. The characteristics of the meandering slotted high impedance surface (MS-HIS) are investigated by using finite-element full-wave analysis in this paper, which show that the two band gaps are separately produced by cross slots and meandering slots. It is revealed that the surface wave suppression band gaps can be used to reduce the backward radiations and prohibit the mutual couplings between two E-plane coupled microstrip antennas at two operational frequencies. When a plane wave obliquely illuminates the MS-HIS, the unique feature of triple resonant behavior is observed. Furthermore, a dual-band radar absorbing material (RAM) based on the MS-HIS is proposed. The absorbing performance is verified by simulations and waveguide measurements using C-band WR197 and X-band WR90 waveguides.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; radar absorbing materials; slot antennas; waveguides; C-band WR197; E-plane coupled microstrip antenna; MS-HIS; RAM; X-band WR90 waveguide; backward radiation; band-gap feature; dual-band high impedance surface; dual-band radar absorbing material; finite-element full-wave analysis; high-impedance in-phase reflectivity; mushroom-type cell; surface wave suppression band gap; symmetric meandered slot; triple resonant behavior; waveguide measurement; Dual band; Metamaterials; Photonic band gap; Reflection; Surface impedance; Surface waves; Dual-band; in-phase reflection; meandering slotted high impedance surface (MS-HIS); radar absorbing material (RAM); surface wave suppression;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAP.2012.2207030