Analysis and design of ultra thin electromagnetic absorbers comprising resistively loaded high impedance surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1551-1558

  Costa, Filippo ^a   Monorchio, Agostino ^a   Manara, Giuliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Artificial magnetic conductor (AMC); Electromagnetic absorbers; High impedance surfaces (HIS); Metamaterial absorber; Radar absorbing material (RAM); Resistive frequency selective surfaces (RFSS)

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ABSORBERS; HIGH-IMPEDANCE SURFACES; HIGH-IMPEDANCE SURFACES (HIS); RESISTIVE FREQUENCY;

ABSORPTION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; RADAR; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; SURFACE RESISTANCE; SURFACES;

RADAR ABSORBING MATERIALS;

EID: 77951994931     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2044329     Document Type: Article

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