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In this paper, a novel miniaturized frequency selective surface (MFSS) with capacitive loading is proposed; it has characteristics of low profile, second-order, wide-band, and remarkable wide stop-band properties. In a specific frequency band, the proposed MFSS has a second-order filter function characteristic. The proposed MFSS is composed of three metallic layers separated by two dielectric substrates, which offers the spatial form of the second order microwave filter. The band and operating frequency can be controlled by the thickness of dielectric substrates and the gaps between the capacitive loading structures. The element size is smaller than 0.05λ x 0.05λ. The element thickness is less than λ/30, where λ is the free space wavelength at the resonant frequency. The frequency response produced by the proposed MFSS had very good stability when the plane wave incidence angles varied from 0 to 60 degrees. The fundamental frequency f₀ is 2.45 GHz; the relative bandwidth δ is 10%; and the stop-band is from 3 GHz to 39.6 GHz. The frequency response demonstrates the excellent filtering performance.

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Dr. Guangming Zheng

Dr. Cuilin Zhong

Dr. Liang Tang

Dr. Peng Luo

Dr. Yan Wang