In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, Energy, and Computer Sciences (ICEEECS 2025), Skopje, Makedonya, 24 - 25 Ekim 2025, ss.176-181, (Tam Metin Bildiri)
Energy selective surfaces (ESS) have gained great interest for one decade to protect vulnerable electronic devices due to their adaptive surfaces against the power of electromagnetic waves. In this study, we designed a double layer ESS structure both to enhance gain of an antenna in the case of low power electromagnetic waves and to protect it against high-power microwave (HPM) or electromagnetic pulse (EMP). The antenna was designed by using Rogers RT5880 substrate as rectangular patch with a line feed for the 2.45 ISM (Industrial, Scientific, and Medical) band. The ESS layers as arrays were placed on the antenna as superstrate by a distance. The design results revealed that ESS superstrate layers can increase gain of antenna in the transmission band and protect antenna in the case of HPM. The ESS layers can be act as both superstrate and protection layers at the same time.