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Investigation of a Near-Perfect Quad-Band Polarization-Insensitive Metamaterial Absorber Based on Dual-T Circular Shaped Resonator Array Designed on a Silicon Substrate for C-, X- and Ku-bands Applications

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Multi-band metamaterial absorbers (MMAs) are increasingly becoming main devices for many electrical systems. Optimizing the electromagnetic qualities of this type of absorber in the microwave regime is a relatively complex operation. In this paper a quad-band metamaterial absorber is provided for applications covering the microwave C-, X- and Ku- frequency bands. The proposed MMA is based on \(\left(8\times 8\right)\) array basic cells. Each cell is formed by a split-ring metamaterial resonator (SRR), the chosen shape for the SRR is the circular dual-T (DT-SRR) interlinked with the rectangular ring. The DT-SRR is etched on the upper side of the Silicon substrate with relative electrical permittivity of 11.7. On the bottom side of the same substrate, a ground plane for full copper surface is printed to prevent transmission. The basic cell has the electrical dimensions of the order of \(\left({0.385 \lambda }_{0}\times 0.385{\lambda }_{0}\times 0.032{ \lambda }_{0}\right)\) where \({\lambda }_{0}\) is calculated at the lowest operating frequency of 6.43 GHz in the C-band. The electromagnetic qualities of our MMA are expired by the behavior of each basic cell which represents a left hand medium and a negative permeability \(\left(\mu <0\right)\) for magnetic resonances at the frequencies 6.43, 9.10, 11.86 and 14.67 GHz. The obtained results simulations performed by the High-Frequency Structure Simulator (HFSS) computer show an insensitive-polarization dual-band behavior for our proposed MMA. The spectral responses of the proposed absorber cover the C-, X- and Ku-bands for important absorption coefficients of the order of 89.40, 99.66, 99.10 and 95.22%.

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This work was supported by the Algerian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the General Directorate of Scientific Research and Technological Development (DGRSDT) via funding through the PRFU Project No. A25N01UN220120200001.

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    Mohammed Berka, Amina Bendaoudi, Ahmed Yacine Rouabhi & Zoubir Mahdjoub

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Bennaoum, M., Berka, M., Bendaoudi, A. et al. Investigation of a Near-Perfect Quad-Band Polarization-Insensitive Metamaterial Absorber Based on Dual-T Circular Shaped Resonator Array Designed on a Silicon Substrate for C-, X- and Ku-bands Applications. Silicon 15, 699–712 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-022-02038-2

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