Radar cross section reduction property of high impedance surface on a lossy dielectric

Abstract

A detailed study on the performance of a high impedance surface on lossy dielectric is presented in this paper. It is observed that the structure, which is an array of square loops on a grounded dielectric, behaves as artificial magnetic condutor, narrowband absorber or perfect electric conductor depending on the dielectric loss. An equivalent circuit modelling is used to theoretically explain how this transition is happening. The observed narrowband absorption (bandwidth = 0.08 GHz) of the thin (0.016λ) lossy dielectric is scalable to different operating frequencies by varying the structure parameters. The simulation studies on the effect of structural and dielectric properties on the characteristics of this HIS are also dealt with in this paper. Experimental investigation is in good agreement with simulated result and equivalent circuit modelling.