Conformal fractal antenna and FSS for low-RCS applications

Vijay K. Varadan; K. J. Vinoy; K. A. Jose; Vasundara V. Varadan

doi:10.1117/12.388892

21 June 2000 Conformal fractal antenna and FSS for low-RCS applications

Vijay K. Varadan, K. J. Vinoy, K. A. Jose, Vasundara V. Varadan

Proceedings Volume 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388892
Event: SPIE's 7th Annual International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, 2000, Newport Beach, CA, United States

Abstract

On many situations the reduction of radar cross section (RCS) is of continued strategic interest, especially with aircraft and missiles. Once the overall RCS of the vehicle is reduced, the reflections from the antennas can dominate. The commonly known approaches to RCS reduction may not be applicable for antennas, and hence special techniques are followed. These include configuring the antennas completely conformal, and using band pass frequency selective surfaces. The use fractal patterns have shown to result in such band pass characteristics. The overall RCS of a typical target body is experimentally found to be reduced when these screens are used. The paper presents the experimental result on the transmission and backscatter characteristics of a fractal FSS screen.

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Vijay K. Varadan, K. J. Vinoy, K. A. Jose, and Vasundara V. Varadan "Conformal fractal antenna and FSS for low-RCS applications", Proc. SPIE 3990, Smart Structures and Materials 2000: Smart Electronics and MEMS, (21 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.388892

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