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Abstract

The rapid development of telecommunication systems has promoted the research of electromagnetic metamaterial absorbers. Based on the equivalent circuit theory, this paper proposes and designs a broadband absorption absorber based on electromagnetic metamaterials, which adopts a sandwich structure with an overall absorber thickness of 3.234 mm. The results show that the absorber has an absorption rate of more than 90% in the X-, Ku-, and K-bands (8.06 GHz-18.46 GHz) for the incident angle varying in the range of 0-50°. The absorption rate is higher than 90% for TE and TM mode electromagnetic waves and electromagnetic waves with polarization angle in the range of 0-50°. The absorber still has good absorption characteristics. The study shows that the absorber has small size, thin thickness, and broad angle broadband absorption characteristics.

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