Low-profile array with reduced radar cross section by using hybrid frequency selective surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2327-2335

  Genovesi, Simone ^a   Costa, Filippo ^a   Monorchio, Agostino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Frequency selective surfaces (FSSs); radar cross section reduction (RCSR)

Indexed keywords

A-PLANE; ALTERNATIVE CONFIGURATIONS; DESIGN APPROACHES; DESIGN CRITERION; FEEDING LINES; GROUND PLANES; GROUND STRUCTURE; HYBRID STRUCTURE; IN-BAND; LOW PROFILE; OUT-OF-BAND; PERIODIC METHOD OF MOMENTS; QUASI-TEM; RADAR CROSS SECTION REDUCTION; RADAR SIGNATURE; RADIATION CHARACTERISTICS; SIMPLIFIED ANALYSIS; SOLID GROUND PLANE; TRANSMISSION-LINE;

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACES; METHOD OF MOMENTS; RADAR CROSS SECTION; SURFACE WAVES;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84858811177     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2189701     Document Type: Article

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