A Multi-Elements Chessboard Random Coded Metasurface Structure for Ultra-Wideband Radar Cross Section Reduction

Huijuan Dai; Yongjiu Zhao; Chen Yu

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2977630

IEEE Access (Jan 2020)

A Multi-Elements Chessboard Random Coded Metasurface Structure for Ultra-Wideband Radar Cross Section Reduction

Huijuan Dai,
Yongjiu Zhao,
Chen Yu

Affiliations

Huijuan Dai: ORCiD; Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics, Ministry of Education, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Yongjiu Zhao: Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics, Ministry of Education, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Chen Yu: Key Laboratory of Radar Imaging and Microwave Photonics, Ministry of Education, College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2977630
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8
pp. 56462 – 56468

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In this paper, a novel method of realizing the ultra-wideband (UWB) radar cross section (RCS) reduction is proposed. We combine the chessboard structure of multi-elements which are all polarization conversion metasurface (PCM) units with random coding. Four different kinds of PCM units all with UWB and much high polarization conversion rate (PCR) are selected. Morever, their polarization conversion frequency bands are optimized not only in the high frequency segment but also in the low frequency segment. The final designed structure can achieve 10 dB RCS reduction within 6.9 GHz-20.1 GHz in the high frequency segment and 15.5 GHz-51.2 GHz in the low frequency segment, respectively. In addition, the effects of RCS reduction by the square chessboard structure composed of different numbers of these PCM units are compared. The proposed metasurface structure provides an efficient scheme to reduce the scattering of the electromagnetic waves.

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ISSN: 2169-3536 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Website: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=6287639

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