This article examines the issue of extending the inter-element spacing between slots of equally-spaced linear grounded frequency selective surface (FSS) arrays with spacing beyond half a wavelength in W-band (75-110 GHz). We present the design, processing, and testing of W-band grounded FSS arrays with different inter-element spacings along transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) field directions separately. The comparison of periodicity changing effects along TE and TM field directions has been reported. The inter-element spacing versus phase curves demonstrate that in some extent the inter-element spacing can be a phase optimization parameter for complex array design. We fabricated the corresponding FSS arrays on quartz substrate with photolithographic etching technique, and characterized the vector S-parameters with a free space MYNA.
Islam, SF-U, Stiens, J, Poesen, G, Jaeger, D, De Tandt, C, Ranson, W, De Raedt, W & Vounckx, R 2010, 'Effect of inter-element spacings variation on the performance of linear grounded frequency selective surface arrays in W-band', Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 155-160.
Islam, S. F.-U., Stiens, J., Poesen, G., Jaeger, D., De Tandt, C., Ranson, W., De Raedt, W., & Vounckx, R. (2010). Effect of inter-element spacings variation on the performance of linear grounded frequency selective surface arrays in W-band. Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, 52(1), 155-160.
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title = "Effect of inter-element spacings variation on the performance of linear grounded frequency selective surface arrays in W-band",
abstract = "This article examines the issue of extending the inter-element spacing between slots of equally-spaced linear grounded frequency selective surface (FSS) arrays with spacing beyond half a wavelength in W-band (75-110 GHz). We present the design, processing, and testing of W-band grounded FSS arrays with different inter-element spacings along transverse electric (TE) and transverse magnetic (TM) field directions separately. The comparison of periodicity changing effects along TE and TM field directions has been reported. The inter-element spacing versus phase curves demonstrate that in some extent the inter-element spacing can be a phase optimization parameter for complex array design. We fabricated the corresponding FSS arrays on quartz substrate with photolithographic etching technique, and characterized the vector S-parameters with a free space MYNA.",
keywords = "inter-element spacings, W-band, Surface Array",
author = "Islam, {Syed Faiz-Ul} and Johan Stiens and Gert Poesen and Dieter Jaeger and {De Tandt}, Cathleen and Willy Ranson and {De Raedt}, Walter and Roger Vounckx",
year = "2010",
language = "English",
volume = "52",
pages = "155--160",
journal = "Microwave and Optical Technology Letters",
issn = "0895-2477",
publisher = "John Wiley and Sons Inc.",
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