Title :
Thin composite radar absorber operational for all incidence angles
Author :
Tretyakov, Sergei ; Maslovski, Stanislav
Author_Institution :
Radio Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Hut, Finland
Abstract :
It is shown that thin mushroom layers (high-impedance surfaces realized as regular arrays of small patches at a small distance from a metal surface) can be used as radar absorbing structures whose performance does not change with the incidence angle for TM polarized waves. The key role of the vias connectors between the patches and the ground plane is explained, and potential performance demonstrated in examples.
Keywords :
absorbing media; electromagnetic wave absorption; radar; TM polarized waves; array patches; high-impedance surfaces; metal surface; thin composite radar absorber; thin mushroom layers; vias connectors; Absorption; Connectors; Dielectrics; Magnetic materials; Pins; Polarization; Radar cross section; Slabs; Surface waves; Wires;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European
Print_ISBN :
1-58053-834-7
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2003.1262848
