Reduction of the EM Backscattering for Frequency-Independent Stealth
Coating

Salah I. Yahya; Yazen A. Khalil

doi:https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V20P206

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Volume 20 | Number 1 | Year 2015 | Article Id. IJETT-V20P206 | DOI : https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V20P206

Reduction of the EM Backscattering for Frequency-Independent Stealth Coating

Salah I. Yahya , Yazen A. Khalil

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Salah I. Yahya , Yazen A. Khalil, "Reduction of the EM Backscattering for Frequency-Independent Stealth Coating," International Journal of Engineering Trends and Technology (IJETT), vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 21-26, 2015. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/22315381/IJETT-V20P206

Abstract

This paper presents a frequency-independent reduction of the backscattering technique for stealth coating applications. Although the proper shape of the target may play a role in reduction of the backscattering as a goal, choosing absorbing materials having proper electrical and magnetic properties with a certain matching technique may achieve this goal. A ferrite-titanate material with thickness of 3 mm is suggested for coating a target with a technique explained in the paper to attain reduction in backscattering above 1 GHz. The proposed technique together with the material may find a good chance in stealth technology, for both military and non-military applications.

Keywords

Backscattering, stealth technology, space cloth, matching, complex permittivity, complex permeability

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