Improvement in the low frequency performance of geometric transition radar absorbers using square loop impedance layers

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 133-141

  Ford, Kenneth Lee ^a   Chambers, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorbing media; Anechoic chambers; Frequency selective surfaces (FSS)

Indexed keywords

ANECHOIC CHAMBERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE; GEOMETRIC TRANSITION RADAR ABSORBER; REFLECTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

RADAR ANTENNAS;

EID: 39449093619     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.913086     Document Type: Article

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