Transmission of Microwave Signal through Metal-Oxide Thin Film of Energy Saving Glass Using Different Shape of Frequency Selective Structure

Abstract

Metal oxide thin films are widely used for energy saving glass coating. This coating has the ability of blocking the infrared signal while being transparent to other visible part of the spectrum. However, there is one critical disadvantage of this metal oxide coating which it attenuates useful radio frequency and microwave signal such as GSM mobile signal, personal communication, GPS signal through them. These important microwave signals are fall within the range of 800 MHz to 2200 MHz. Frequency selective structure has been applied to solve the attenuation of microwave signal. With the adding of frequency selective structure, it can bring huge improvement of the transmission loss through it. Computer simulation using CST software is used to investigate the transmission loss through the metal oxide coated glass. The frequency selective structure will be etched out from the metallic oxide coated on the glass. Results showed that different shape of the structure will have different peak transmission loss through the glass. When cross dipole and circle shape been simulated using CST software, it can clearly see that the transmission lost and peak frequency had changed drastically. Then, triangle and pentagon shape also have different transmission through it. In addition, conductivity and electrical properties of coated metal oxide thin film is also very important. The transmission through the different ohmic sheet resistance of metal oxide thin film was also investigated. The sheet resistance value was obtained from the reported experimental results. Simulated results showed that full width half maximum, maximum transmission loss and peak frequency loss was very much dependent on the metal oxide sheet resistance. Therefore, the control of the thickness and oxygen content in metal oxide thin film are very much important to optimize the transmission loss through it for energy saving glass applications.

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