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FSS Design for Dual-band and Low Profile Fabry Pérot Antenna at Ka-band

Lima, E.B. ; Matos, S.A. ; Costa, J.R. ; Fernandes, C. A.

FSS Design for Dual-band and Low Profile Fabry Pérot Antenna at Ka-band , Proc European Conf. on Antennas & Propagation - EUCAP, Hague, Netherlands, Vol. -, pp. - - -, April, 2014.

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Abstract
Fabry-Pérot cavity antennas are a well-known solution to increase directivity. However, manufacturing tolerances tend to negatively influence the antenna performance, particularly as frequency increases. This paper proposes a frequency selective surface design for a dual band Fabry-Pérot cavity antenna (FPCA), specifically for Ka-band, which favors fabrication reliability. The FSS is formed by a single substrate with double-side metallization. As an example 11 FSS elements all tuned for Ka-band operation are designed in order to obtain a different set of directivities at each frequency band (20 and 30 GHz). A prototype was manufactured.