A Metal-Strip Integrated Filtering Waveguide
Keywords:
Filtering waveguide, metal-strip surface, meta-surface, PEC, PMCAbstract
In this paper, a metal-strip integrated filtering waveguide is proposed. The overall structure consists of a traditional rectangular waveguide and a metal-strip surface which is loaded at the bottom wall of the waveguide. The customized surface can be considered as a meta-surface, the working property of which can be transformed between perfect electric conductor (PEC) and perfect magnetic conductor (PMC) depending on its operational frequency. When the surface acts as a PEC, the filtering waveguide works at pass-band and electromagnetic waves can freely travel inside the waveguide like a conventional one. When the surface plays a role as a PMC outside the interested frequency band, a stop-band can be created where the propagation of electromagnetic waves could be effectively prevented. By integrating the band-pass and band-stop functions into the same waveguide, a compact filtering waveguide structure can be obtained. The proposed filtering waveguide operates in Ku-band with pass-band of 12 GHz~15.1 GHz and stopband of 15.8 GHz~17.4 GHz. Experimental results show a favorable consistency with the simulation results and verify the proposed concept. Moreover, the proposed structure also possesses a compact size and characterizes for easy-fabrication, having a promising practicability in advanced satellite communication system applications.
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