Wideband 3D Frequency Selective Rasorber

Abstract

This communication presents a 3D frequency selective rasorber (FSR) with bandpass filtering response and wideband absorption characteristics. By loading an array of lumped resistors at one side of a microstrip-line based bandpass frequency selective structure (FSS), multiple resonators, including lossy resonators, are constructed. The bandpass performance with high selectivity is provided by resonators in the substrate region of the microstrip line. The absorption characteristic is obtained by the lossy resonators at the resistor-loaded side of the air region. All reflected waves at the resistor-loaded side can be effectively absorbed by appropriately choosing the resistance value. Physical mechanism of the FSR is analyzed with the aid of an equivalent circuit model and current distributions. As an example, a prototype of the designed FSR is fabricated and tested. Experimental results show that the insertion loss at the center frequency is 2.4 dB and a bandwidth of 114% for the absorption better than 10 dB in the upper rejection band is achieved under the normal incidence.