Characteristics of an Eight-Quadrant Corner Reflector Involving a Reconfigurable Active Metasurface

The traditional corner reflector is a type of classical passive jamming equipment but with several shortcomings, such as fixed electromagnetic characteristics and a poor response to radar polarization. In this paper, an eight-quadrant corner reflector equipped with an electronically controlled miniaturized active frequency-selective surface (MAFSS) for X band is proposed to obtain better radar characteristics controllability and polarization adaptability. The scattering characteristics of the new eight-quadrant corner reflector for different switchable scattering states (penetration/reflection), frequency and polarization are simulated and analyzed. Results show that the RCS modulation depth, which is jointly affected by the electromagnetic wave frequency and incident directions, can be maintained above 10 dB in the majority of directions, and even larger than 30 dB at the resonant frequency. Moreover, the RCS adjustable bandwidth can be as wide as 1 GHz in different incident directions.

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This paper proposes an eight-quadrant corner reflector equipped with an electronically controlled miniaturized active frequency-selective surface (MAFSS) for X band, aiming to improve radar characteristics controllability and polarization adaptability. The scattering characteristics of the new reflector under different switchable states, frequencies, and polarizations were simulated and analyzed. The results show that the reflector maintains a modulation depth above 10 dB in most directions and even exceeds 30 dB at the resonant frequency, and it has a wide adjustable bandwidth in different incident directions.