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A novel concept for reconfigurable frequency selective surfaces based on silicon switches

✍ Scribed by Xiaotao Liang; Douglas H. Werner; Brian Weiner


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
495 KB
Volume
49
Category
Article
ISSN
0895-2477

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Abstract

The authors describe a novel concept for reconfigurable frequency selective surfaces based on metallic dipole and cross‐dipole elements connected by switches on an exposed silicon substrate. As the conductivity of silicon can be varied over a large dynamic range by photonic excitation, it represents a good candidate substrate material for producing effective switches. The genetic algorithm was used to obtain optimal performance of the switch with respect to variations of the geometric and electrical parameters of the design for desired excitation frequencies. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 49: 109–114, 2007; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.22041