A thin radar-infrared stealth-compatible structure: Design, fabrication, and characterization

Abstract

A thin radar-infrared stealth-compatible structure with reflectivity below −10 dB in the whole radar X wave band and infrared emissivity less than 0.3 in the infrared region of 8 μm–14 μm is reported. The designed stealth-compatible structure consists of metallic frequency selective surface (MFSS), resistive frequency selective surface (RFSS), and metal backing from the top down, and it is only 2.1-mm thick. The MFSS is made up of some divided low infrared emissivity metal copper films, and the RFSS consists of a capacitive array of square resistive patches. They are placed close together, working as an admittance sheet because of a mutual influence between them, and the equivalent admittance sheet greatly reduces the thickness of the whole structure. The proposed stealth-compatible structure is verified both by simulations and by experimental results. These results indicate that our proposed stealth-compatible structure has potential applications in stealth fields.