Broadband radar cross-section reduction using AMC technology

This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of a planar broadband chessboard structure to reduce the radar cross-section (RCS) of an object. The chessboard like configuration is formed by combining two artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) cells. The bandwidth limitations intrinsi...

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Autores: Iriarte Galarregui, Juan Carlos, Tellechea Pereda, Amagoia, Martínez de Falcón, José Luis, Ederra Urzainqui, Íñigo, Gonzalo García, Ramón, Maagt, Peter de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repositorio:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/26928
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/26928
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC)
Electromagnetic Band Gap (EBG) technology
Radar Cross-Section (RCS)
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Sumario:This paper presents the design, fabrication and characterization of a planar broadband chessboard structure to reduce the radar cross-section (RCS) of an object. The chessboard like configuration is formed by combining two artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) cells. The bandwidth limitations intrinsic to AMC structures are overcome in this work by properly selecting the phase slope versus frequency of both AMC structures. 180 degrees phase difference has been obtained over more than 40% frequency bandwidth with a RCS reduction larger than 10dB. The influence of the incidence angle in the working bandwidth has been performed. A good agreement between simulations and measurements is achieved.