Entire X-band region metamaterial absorber and reflector with a microstrip patch switch for X-band applications

Abstract

A metamaterial structure capable of operating as a wide band absorber as well as an AMC reflector is presented in this report. A microstrip patch copper was used as a switch to switch between the two modes. An FR4 substrate was used and the incidental wave angles were varied from 0⁰ to 60⁰. Simulations results showed that the absorber was able achieve 96% absorption at 13.05 GHz and 100% absorption at 10.00 GHz and 12.00 GHz. Furthermore, it archived over 85% absorption for the entire X-band frequency range. The AMC reflector also was able to achieve 84.97%, 82.88% and 78.69% for incident angles 0⁰, 20⁰ and 40⁰ respectively. Unfortunately, the structure is polarization sensitive.