Review of Radar Absorbing Materials

Abstract

Radar is a sensitive detection tool and since its development, methods for reducing microwave reflections have been explored. Radar absorbers can be classified as impedance matching or resonant absorbers. Radar absorbing materials are made from resistive and/or magnetic materials. Circuit analog materials give more design freedom through access to capacitive and inductive loss mechanisms. Dynamic absorbers can tune the absorption frequency through control of resistive and capacitive terms. Many conductive and magnetic materials have been trialed for absorption including carbon, metals and conducting polymers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA436262

Entities

People

  • Paul Saville

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Conductive Polymers
  • Diffraction
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Magnetic Materials
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Optics
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymeric Films

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.
  • Reinforced Composite Materials