Frequency selective surfaces for the RCS reduction of low frequency antennas
conference paper
This paper describes the design and measurement of a two-layers gangbuster Frequency Selective Surface (FSS). The FSS is aimed to limit the RCS of the compartment of a ship's mast housing telecommunication antennas and should guarantee a pass-band at low frequencies, in the operating band of the antennas, while reflecting the incoming signal at higher frequencies, up to 20 GHz. Based on the design, a panel has been manufactured and measured in three frequency bands: S-band, X-band and quasi L-band. The measurement results obtained for the first two bands are in good agreement with the simulations. Measurements in the third band pose some challenges and required defining a new ad-hoc measurement setup.
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TNO Identifier
239509
Publisher
IEEE
Source title
European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2006, 6-10 November 2006, Nice, France
Place of publication
Piscataway, NJ
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