Continuous-range tunable multilayer frequency selective surfaces using origami and inkjet-printing

Conventional reconfigurable electrical and radio frequency (RF) structures commonly used in applications involving real-time reconfigurability in response to fast varying operational scenarios require specialized substrates or complex electrical circuits. Origami-based RF reconfigurable components and modules offer a solution featuring unique properties. First, they enable reconfigurability over continuous-state ranges (as opposed to discrete states). Second, they do not require specialized mechanical support for multilayer frequency-selective surface structures. Moreover, deployable origami-based RF structures can achieve large surface reconfigurability ratios from folded to unfolded states. Finally, these structures allow for independent control of multiple figures of merit: bandwidth, frequency of operation, and angle of incidence.

Co-authors: Dr. Syed A. Nauroze, Dr. Manos M. Tentzeris, and Dr. Glaucio H. Paulino, 

Related Publications

Nauroze, S. A., Novelino, L. S., Tentzeris, M. M., & Paulino, G. H. (2020). Continuous-range tunable multilayer frequency selective surfaces using origami and inkjet-printing. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(52), 13210-13215.

L. S. Novelino, S. A. Nauroze, M. M. Tentzeris, and G. H. Paulino (2018) Multiphysics origami: Achieving tunable frequency selective surfaces from origami principles, in Origami 7: Seventh International Meeting of Origami Science, Mathematics, and Education (7OSME), Tarquin, vol. 3.

Nauroze, S. A., Novelino, L., Tentzeris, M. M., & Paulino, G. H. (2017, June). Inkjet-printed “4D” tunable spatial filters using on-demand foldable surfaces. In 2017 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium (IMS) (pp. 1575-1578). IEEE.