Reconfigurable frequency-selective surfaces (RFSSs) are of significant interest in applications, such as secure communication systems or tunable radomes, to improve indoor communication and smart antennas. In order to change the frequency-selective surface (FSS) characteristics, and therefore its frequency response, conventional methods include loading with active semiconductor devices such as varactors, PIN diodes, Schottky diodes and radio-frequency microelectromechanical system. Another possibility is the use of mechanical adjusts, such as spring resonators or mechanical rotation. When PIN diodes are used, commonly only the reverse and forward regions, OFF and ON states, respectively, are considered. In this study, the implementation of an RFSS is described, using PIN diodes as active components. The RFSS is based on the fourarms star geometry, and initial design equations and procedures are presented. Numerical and measured results are shown for different project stages, with a very good agreement. In addition to obtaining two distinct resonant frequencies, due to the OFF and ON states, a third situation is included, considering the PIN diode threshold region when the FSS becomes practically transparent, which is an interesting feature with potential applications.
The wave concept iterative procedure (WCIP) is used to analyze arbitrarily shaped frequency selective surfaces (FSS). The WCIP method is developed from the fast modal transform based on a two‐dimensional fast Fourier transform algorithm. Using the proposed procedure, less computing time and memory are needed to calculate the scattering parameters of the FSS structure. The method is applied to the modeling of an FSS structure of a rectangular patch and a comparison with experimental results confirms good agreement.
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