The radar cross section reduction of microstrip patches

Author

Wilsen, CB ; Davidson, DB

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

24-27 Sep 1996

Firstpage

730

Abstract

The radar cross section (RCS) reduction of microstrip patch antennas for low-observable platforms is considered, with emphasis on the application of lossy superstrates. The observed effect of these on antenna parameters is related to expected RCS reduction using results from the literature. The RCS computed by a finite element method/method of moments code is also presented. Other RCS reduction techniques discussed include shorting posts and ferrite substrates

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; conformal antennas; finite element analysis; method of moments; microstrip antennas; radar cross-sections; RCS reduction; antenna parameters; conformal antennas; ferrite substrates; finite element method; lossy superstrates; low-observable platforms; method of moments code; microstrip patch antennas; radar cross section reduction; radiation patterns measurement; shorting posts; Antenna measurements; Manufacturing; Microstrip antennas; Moment methods; Patch antennas; Radar antennas; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Resonance light scattering; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

AFRICON, 1996., IEEE AFRICON 4th

Conference_Location

Stellenbosch

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3019-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AFRCON.1996.562980

Filename

562980