RCS reduction of ridged waveguide slot antenna array using EBG radar absorbing material

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages 473-476

  Li, You Quan ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Fu, Yun Qi ^a   Yuan, Nai Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic band gap (EBG); Radar cross section (RCS); RAM; Ridged waveguide slot antenna array

Indexed keywords

EBG STRUCTURE; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAPS; GROUND PLANES; MEASURED RESULTS; RADAR CROSS SECTION (RCS); RAM; RIDGED WAVEGUIDES; WORKING FREQUENCY;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA GROUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; RADAR; RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS; SLOT ANTENNAS; WAVEGUIDES;

RADAR CROSS SECTION;

EID: 71049120768     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2008.2001548     Document Type: Article

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