Flexible Metamaterial-Based Frequency Selective Surface with Square and Circular Split Ring Resonators Combinations for X-Band Applications

Abstract

To meet the demand for modern communication technology, the development of satellite communications has been consistently investigated. In this article, a rectangle-type SRR is attached to circular-type SRR for obtaining two frequencies in X-band operation. The designed structure exhibits negative metamaterial properties (Epsilon, mu and refractive index are negative) and the design was fabricated on a polyimide dielectric material with a 10 × 10 mm2 size. The polyimide dielectric material is chosen with a thickness of 0.1 mm and a dielectric constant of 0.0027. The proposed unit cell is designed and simulated by using one of the numerical simulation tools, CSTMW studio, in which the frequency limit is chosen from 7 to 12 GHz. From the results, we can observe that the proposed design resonates at two X-band frequencies at 9.84 GHz and 11.46 GHz and the measurement results of the proposed design resonate at 9.81 GHz and 11.61 GHz. It is worth noting that the simulation and measurement findings both obtain the same X-band frequencies, with only a minor difference in the frequency values. Thus, the recommended design is very much useful for X-band applications.