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http://dx.doi.org/10.5515/KJKIEES.2014.25.3.339

A Broad-Band Metamaterial Absorber Using Flexible Substrate  

Lee, Hong-Min (Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyonggi University)
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The Journal of Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science / v.25, no.3, 2014 , pp. 339-347 More about this Journal
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.
Keywords
Absorber; Cut-wire; ELC Resonator; Flexible Substrate; Metamaterial;
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