Low-Scattering Tri-Band Metasurface Using Combination of Diffusion, Absorption and Cancellation

In this paper, we proposed for the first time a novel mechanism to design a tri-band low-scattering metasurface. The radar cross section (RCS) reduction in the three operational bands relies on scattering diffusion, absorption, and scattering cancellation, respectively. The diffusion metasurface was realized by distributing scattering unit cells with different rotation angles. For the absorption, four units operating at different frequencies were combined to achieve a broadband absorption. The scattering cancellation was realized by arranging two out of phase elements in a chessboard configuration. The tri-band metasurface was constructed by directly combining the three metasurfaces in a single assembly. The simulated and measured results have a good agreement. The tri-band RCS reduction is well preserved up to 45° with polarization-independent performance. This paper provides an alternative approach to design the multi-band metasurface for stealth application.

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