Open AccessFSS on energy saving glass for rf communication enhancement in modern building
Author(s) -
Nor Aini Zakaria,
Saidatul Norlyana Azemi,
Ping Jack Soh,
C. B. M. Rashidi,
Azremi Abdullah AlHadi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indonesian journal of electrical engineering and computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2502-4760
pISSN - 2502-4752
DOI - 10.11591/ijeecs.v14.i2.pp537-545
Subject(s) - materials science , microwave , coating , tin oxide , aperture (computer memory) , transmission (telecommunications) , optoelectronics , optics , energy (signal processing) , thin film , network analyzer (electrical) , electronic engineering , electrical engineering , composite material , computer science , engineering , telecommunications , nanotechnology , mechanical engineering , statistics , physics , mathematics , doping
The use of energy saving glass has become very popular in the modern day building design. This energy saving property is achieved by applying a very thin tin oxide (SnO2) coating on one side of the glass. This coating can provide good thermal insulation to the buildings by blocking infrared rays while being transparent to visible part of the spectrum. Drawbacks of these energy saving windows is that it also attenuates the transmission of useful microwave signals through them. These signals fall within the frequency band of 0.8GHz to 2.2GHz. In order to pass these signals through the coated glass, the use of aperture type frequency selective surface (FSS) has being proposed. In the present work, SnO2 thin film with FSS structure was fabricated. Microwave transmission through SnO2 coated glass with FSS structure was also analyzed using network analyzer. The result of computer simulation was confirmed and consistent with the network analyzer results that showed the improvement of SnO2 coated glass with the FSS structure.