The analysis and measurement of FSS radome for antenna RCS reduction

Author

Wenming Tian ; Xinyu Hou ; Yongxing Che

Author_Institution

Sci. & Technol. on Electromagn. Scattering Lab., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

21-25 July 2013

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

299

Abstract

This paper investigates the application of bandpass FSS radome with an enclosed antenna to reduce its backward RCS outside of its operating band. A planar array antenna covered with FSS radome is designed and constructed. In order to study the effects of a dielectric embedded FSS on an enclosed antenna pattern, we adopt the ray tracing technique to compute the near field pattern of the antenna-FSS configuration, from which the transmission coefficient and the far field patterns can be calculated. The results show that the backward RCS of antenna array with FSS radome has dramatically reduced than the common antenna array at out of operating band.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; dielectric devices; frequency selective surfaces; planar antenna arrays; radar antennas; radar computing; radar cross-sections; radomes; ray tracing; antenna RCS reduction; bandpass FSS radome analysis; bandpass FSS radome measurement; dielectric embedded FSS effects; enclosed antenna pattern; frequency selective surface; near field pattern computation; planar array antenna; radar cross section reduction; ray tracing technique; Degradation; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Loading; Transmitting antennas; Frequency selective Surface (FSS) Radome; Radar Cross Section Reduction (RCSR); antenna;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cross Strait Quad-Regional Radio Science and Wireless Technology Conference (CSQRWC), 2013

Conference_Location

Chengdu

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSQRWC.2013.6657413

Filename

6657413