Loaded metamaterial perfect absorber using substrate integrated cavity

Abstract

By embedding the metal cavity into the substrate, a kind of ultrathin substrate integrated cavity metamaterial perfect absorber (SIC-MPA) is proposed in theory and experiment. The SIC-MPA is constructed of a single-square loop metal patch with four splits, a square metal patch in the center and several SICs loaded into the metamaterial perfect absorber. The electric fields of the resonant structures for the SIC-MPA are separated, and the electromagnetic wave leakage is decreased by the SICs. The simulated results show that the SIC-MPA has the advantage of high quality factors (Q-factors) of the absorptivity and the monostatic radar cross section (RCS) reduction. Experiments are carried out to verify the simulation results, and the measurement results show that the Q-factor of the measured absorptivity is increased by 23% and the Q-factors of the measured RCS reduction with 1.5 dB and 3 dB are increased by 21.5% and 18.7% compared with the conventional MPA.