Low-Frequency Metamaterial Absorber Using Space-Filling Curve

Abstract

The extensive use of metamaterials and metamaterial absorbers increases the demand for compact structures in various frequencies. Designing electrically small absorbers for lower frequencies, especially sub-gigahertz applications, is one of the open issues in this field. In this paper, a space filling curve is used to design an absorber operating on low frequencies. The unit cell design is based on a Sierpinski curve with the size of $$25\times 25\times 1.6\,{\text {mm}}^3$$ and air-gap of 10 mm. The structure shows 99.9% absorption at 900 MHz on the third step. The system also shows multiple resonances due to its structure. The proposed structure is fabricated and tested and shows a good agreement with simulation results.