Design of Broadband Wide-Angle Scatterer Surface Using Artificial Dielectric Layers

Abstract

In this letter, the reflection elements based on artificial dielectric layers (ADLs) are proposed for broadband wide-angle bistatic radar cross section (RCS) reduction. ADLs are introduced to improve the interference cancellation bandwidth of the reflection elements, and avoid the dilemma of mixing multiple dielectric mediums. The reflection elements achieve an approximate 180° phase difference over the frequency range of 4.8–17.5 GHz (113.9%) under normal incidence, and the bandwidth under TE 40° incidence and TM 55° is 113.9% and 100%, respectively. To validate this design, a coding scatterer surface is simulated and fabricated. Measured results show that the proposed coding scatterer surface achieves a 10 dB bistatic RCS reduction from 5 to 17.5 GHz under normal incidence for both polarizations. Bistatic RCS reduction under oblique incidence is analyzed and presented as well.