Microwave absorbers of two-layer composites laminate for wide oblique incidence angles

Advanced microwave absorbers for wide oblique incidence angles are required in many applications including wireless communication or vehicle identification in Intelligent Transport System (ITS) where 5.8 GHz Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) system is applied. In this study, two-layer microwave absorbers are designed for the achievement of low reflection coefficient over wide incidence angles at 5.8 GHz. The absorbing layer of rubber composite containing magnetic iron flake particles and the surface layer of low dielectric constant (carbon black composite and glass fiber composite) have been used in the absorber design. On the basis of transmission line theory, the reflection loss has been calculated with variation of incident angles for both Transverse Electric (TE) and Transverse Magnetic (TM) polarization. At the optimum thickness of the composite layers, a low value of reflection loss (less than −10 dB) has been predicted for wide incidence angles up to 60° for both TE and TM polarization, which is well consistent with the reflected power measured by free-space arch test. The two-layer composite laminate consisted of magnetic absorbing layer with high magnetic and dielectric loss and surface impedance-matching layer of a controlled dielectric constant can be proposed for high potential microwave absorbers in ITS.