Out-of-service RCS reduction of a rectangular microstrip antenna

Author

Shang, Yuping ; Xiao, Shaoqiu ; Wang, Bingzhong

Author_Institution

Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2012

fDate

27-29 Aug. 2012

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

50

Abstract

A microstrip antenna using PIN diodes to reduce the radar cross section (RCS) is investigated. The PIN diodes are equivalently simulated with resistances and capacitances when they are forward-biased and reverse-biased, respectively. When the antenna is in service, radiation performances are well maintained through the reverse bias operating characteristic of PIN diodes. When the antenna is out of service and excited by an incident plane wave, obvious RCS reduction is realized through the forward bias operating characteristic of PIN diodes.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; microstrip antennas; p-i-n diodes; radar cross-sections; PIN diodes; incident plane wave; out-of-service RCS reduction; radar cross section; radiation performances; rectangular microstrip antenna; reverse bias operating characteristic; Loaded antennas; Loading; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; PIN photodiodes; PIN diode; RCS reduction; microstrip antenna; variable resistance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation (APCAP), 2012 IEEE Asia-Pacific Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0666-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APCAP.2012.6333134

Filename

6333134