An EM Absorber and Frequency Selective Shielding by Use of Metal Fiber Array Composites

The construction of EM absorber and frequency selective shielding has been investigated by using two dimensional metal fiber array (MFA) composites. The MFA composite shows a resonant type frequency dispersion in the complex relative permittivity spectra (epsilon(r) = epsilon(r)' - j epsilon(r)'') having a negative epsilon(r)' region. The frequency characteristics of the conventional ferrite-rubber EM absorber can be improved by combining with the negative permittivity property of the MFA composite. A frequency selective shielding can be achieved by the evanescent EM wave propagation in the layered MFA composite structure.