Studies on the application of wire grids for broadbanding of multi-layered radome panels

This report deals with the EM performance enhancement of both A-sandwich and C-sandwich radome wall structures using wire grids. The configurations considered are: (a) wire grid fixed on the outer surface of each skin layer (b) wire grid fixed on the outer surface of each skin layer and embedded in the mid-plane of the core and (c) wire grid embedded in each skin-core interface. The EM performance parameters of the wall configurations are evaluated based on equivalent transmission line method. A comparative study of wire compensated radome walls with the corresponding conventional wall configurations is also presented in this report