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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
Volume 47 Number 8, August 1999

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Electromagnetic Scattering from a Dielectric-Coated Sphere with an Embedded Impedance Film

Richard S. Grannemann and Mike I. Jones

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Abstract:

The electromagnetic scattering from a multilayered sphere modal solution of Wait [1] is modified to allow the inclusion of infinitesimally thin impedance films at layer boundaries. The modified solution is implemented in a computer algorithm and the scattering from an aluminum sphere coated with a dielectric DelrinTM layer containing an embedded impedance film is computed. This target was fabricated and laboratory measurements performed in the 2-18 GHz region are in good agreement with computations.

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