Perfect Absorption by an Array of Lossy Dipoles Located Close to a Ground Plane

This paper presents a thin absorbing structure comprising an array of finitely conductive terminal-loaded dipoles spaced about half a wavelength apart and located above a ground plane. We show that if the antennas are terminated with proper load impedance, instead of a conjugate-matched one, a perfe...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2019-09, Vol.67 (9), p.5991-5996
Main Authors: Markish, Ofer, Silverstein, Daniel, Leviatan, Yehuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Absorption
Absorption efficiency
Antenna arrays
Conductivity
Dielectric losses
dipole
Dipoles
electromagnetic wave absorption
Ground plane
Impedance
Ink
Kapton (trademark)
Polyimide resins
Product design
silver ink
Substrates
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Summary:This paper presents a thin absorbing structure comprising an array of finitely conductive terminal-loaded dipoles spaced about half a wavelength apart and located above a ground plane. We show that if the antennas are terminated with proper load impedance, instead of a conjugate-matched one, a perfect absorption can be attained even when the array lies close to the ground plane. We also identify a threshold height below which the absorption efficiency rapidly drops and perfect absorption cannot be realized. The idea is illustrated via a concrete example of array of dipoles printed with conductive ink technology on a Kapton HN flexible film backed by a rigid Rogers 4350B substrate. The array is designed for perfect absorption at 3.45 GHz when it is located one-tenth of a wavelength above the ground plane. Good agreement between simulation and measurement results is demonstrated.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2019.2916635