Efficient Metasurface Absorber for 2.4 GHz ISM-Band Applications

Abstract

A microwave metasurface (MS) absorber for ISM band applications is proposed and studied. The proposed MS structure consists of two metallic layers separated by two dielectric FR4 materials with a thickness of 1.6 mm. An air gap with a thickness of 10 mm placed between the dielectric layers. The proposed MS absorber exhibits near-unity absorption and wider absorption bandwidth at an operating frequency of 2.4 GHz under normal incidence. For oblique incidence, it shows wider absorption bandwidth and an absorption value of more than 93% for different incident angles for TEM-mode and more than 93% at for TE mode. Moreover, a numerical analysis presented to explain the physical interpretation of the absorption mechanism in detail.