IEICE Transactions on Electronics
Online ISSN : 1745-1353
Print ISSN : 0916-8524
Special Section on Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Technology
Dual-Polarization RCS Reduction of X-Band Antenna Using Switchable Reflector
Shinya KITAGAWARyosuke SUGAKiyomichi ARAKIOsamu HASHIMOTO
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2015 Volume E98.C Issue 7 Pages 701-708

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Vertical- and horizontal-polarization RCS of a dipole antenna was reduced using a switchable reflector. The switchable reflector can switch reflection level for the vertical-polarization and have absorption for the horizontal-polarization. The reflection level of the reflector for the vertical-polarization can be switched using pin diodes and the reflection for the horizontal-polarization can be reduced using resistor on the surface. The switchable reflector was designed to operate at 9 GHz and fabricated. The vertical-polarized reflection coefficient was switched -28 dB with OFF-state diodes and -0.7 dB with ON-state diodes, and horizontal-polarized one was less than -18 dB at 9 GHz. The reflector with ON-state diodes was applied to an antenna reflector of a dipole antenna and comparable radiation pattern to that with a metal reflector was obtained at 9 GHz. Moreover the reflector with OFF-state diodes was applied to the reflector of the dipole antenna and the RCS of the dipole antenna was reduced 18 dB for the vertical-polarization and 16 dB for the horizontal-polarization. Therefore the designed switchable reflector can contribute to antenna RCS reduction for dual-polarization at the operating frequency without degrading antenna performance.

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