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A Broad-Band Metamaterial Absorber Using Flexible Substrate

유연성 기판을 사용한 광대역 메타 흡수체

  • Lee, Hong-Min (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University)
  • 이홍민 (경기대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2013.12.06
  • Accepted : 2014.02.25
  • Published : 2014.03.31
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Abstract

In this paper, the authors present a new design for a broad-band metamaterial(MTM) absorber that utilizes flexible substrate. The proposed MTM unit cell is constructed by a electric-inducive-capacitive(ELC) resonator and a cut-wire on the same side of the flexible polyimide substrate. To reduce the radar cross section at frequencies other than the targeted frequency bands, the metallic pattern layer of the proposed structure is placed facing toward the incident wave propagation direction. A prototype absorber was fabricated with a planar array of $33{\times}45$ unit cells. Our experiments showed that the proposed absorber exhibits a peak absorption rate of 92 % and 93 % at 9.06 GHz and 15.0 GHz, respectively, and 75 % of the full-width at half-maximum(FWHM) bandwidth is achieved. The proposed backplane-less MTM structure can be used for a broad-band microwave absorber and irregular surface applications.

본 논문에서는 유연성 기판을 이용한 새로운 광대역 메타물질 구조의 흡수체를 제안하였다. 제안된 메타 물질 구조의 단위 셀은 유연성 있는 폴리이미드 기판 위의 동일 평면상에 놓여진 ELC 공진기와 cut-wire 구조로 이루어졌으며, 설계 주파수 대역 밖에서 레이더 단면적(RCS) 값을 감소시키기 위하여 제안된 구조의 금속 패턴 층은 입사 전자파의 진행 방향과 평행하게 놓았다. 총 $33{\times}45$개의 단위 셀들의 배열로 이루어진 흡수체 시작품을 제작하고, 측정한 결과, 주파수 9.06 및 15.0 GHz에서 각각 92 % 및 93 % 이상의 최대 흡수율과 75 %의 full-width at half-maximum 대역폭을 나타내었다. 제안된 금속 접지 판이 없는 메타물질 구조는 마이크로파 주파수대 광대역 흡수체로 곡면 구조에도 응용이 가능하다.

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