On the Design of Ultrawideband Circuit Analog Absorber Based on Quasi-Single-Layer FSS

Abstract

In this letter, an ultrawideband and single-layer circuit analog absorber with a low profile and small unit size is proposed. The absorber is composed of a Rogers 4003 dielectric with two square loop arrays, respectively, printed on the top and bottom, and a metal ground below. Lumped resistors are embedded on the four edges of the square-loop arrays to introduce resistance loss. Equivalent circuit, input impedance, and current distribution are then presented to provide great insight into the existence of three resonances and wideband. The absorber offers a fractional absorption bandwidth of 132.3% (4.91:1) with at least 10 dB reflection reduction. The thickness and the unit size are, respectively, reduced to $0.075\lambda _{L}$ (wavelength at the lowest frequency) and $0.13\lambda _{L}$ , leading to a good performance under oblique incidence. A good agreement between the calculated, simulated, and measured results validates the proposed design.