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Design of Transparent Electromagnetic Absorbing Structure using Metal Grid Mesh Printing

Metal Grid Mesh 인쇄를 이용한 투명 전파 흡수구조 설계

  • Yoon, Sun-Hong (IT Application Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Lee, Jun-Sang (IT Application Research Center, Korea Electronics Technology Institute) ;
  • Lee, In-Gon (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Kongju National University) ;
  • Hong, Ic-Pyo (Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Kongju National University)
  • 윤선홍 (전자부품연구원 IT응용연구센터) ;
  • 이준상 (전자부품연구원 IT응용연구센터) ;
  • 이인곤 (공주대학교 정보통신공학부) ;
  • 홍익표 (공주대학교 정보통신공학부)
  • Received : 2015.11.09
  • Accepted : 2016.03.20
  • Published : 2016.06.05
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Abstract

In this paper, we designed the transparent circuit analog radar absorbing structure using printed metal grid mesh for enhanced optical transmittance. To obtain wideband electromagnetic absorption and enhanced optical transparency at X-band, we proposed the resistive FSS(Frequency Selective Surface) using printed metal mesh pattern on transparent glass with PEC(Perfect Electric Conductor) plane using ITO(Indium Thin Oxide) coating. We then fabricated the proposed structure to verify the simulation results obtained from commercial EM simulator. The comparisons between the simulation and measured results show good agreements. The results also show that the proposed radar absorbing structure can provide wideband reflection as well as better optical transparency. We can apply this proposed structure to the canopy of stealth aircraft and other stealth and security applications for visible transparency.

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