Title :
Out-of-service RCS reduction of a rectangular microstrip antenna
Author :
Shang, Yuping ; Xiao, Shaoqiu ; Wang, Bingzhong
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China
Abstract :
A microstrip antenna using PIN diodes to reduce the radar cross section (RCS) is investigated. The PIN diodes are equivalently simulated with resistances and capacitances when they are forward-biased and reverse-biased, respectively. When the antenna is in service, radiation performances are well maintained through the reverse bias operating characteristic of PIN diodes. When the antenna is out of service and excited by an incident plane wave, obvious RCS reduction is realized through the forward bias operating characteristic of PIN diodes.
Keywords :
antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; p-i-n diodes; radar cross-sections; PIN diodes; incident plane wave; out-of-service RCS reduction; radar cross section; radiation performances; rectangular microstrip antenna; reverse bias operating characteristic; Loaded antennas; Loading; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; PIN photodiodes; PIN diode; RCS reduction; microstrip antenna; variable resistance;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0666-9
DOI :
10.1109/APCAP.2012.6333134
