Generalized Synthesis Technique for High-Order Low-Profile Dual-Band Frequency Selective Surfaces

A systematic design method for high-order dual-band bandpass frequency selective surfaces (FSSs) with a low profile is derived from classical filter theory and presented here. To complement the design procedure, a multilayer double-slot resonator unit cell topology is proposed for realizing dual-band operations. For simplicity, the resonators are made to work for only a single polarization. To design the FSS, first, a classical dual-band bandpass filter circuit is designed by performing successive frequency transformations on a lowpass prototype. The filter is then transformed into a form resembling the equivalent circuit of the proposed multilayer FSS structure. Finally, the transformed filter is mapped to a set of FSS geometrical parameters. The method presents very few inherent limitations to realizing a diverse range of filter responses. The resulting designs lend themselves to fabrication since very few layers of metallization are required. Two FSSs with third-order passbands at 4 and 7 GHz but different passband characteristics are designed and verified numerically. One of the designs is fabricated and experimentally verified. The overall thickness of the designs is <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$0.08\lambda _{l}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> where <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{l}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> is the free-space wavelength at 4 GHz. The unit cell size is approximately <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\lambda _{l}/8$ </tex-math></inline-formula>.