Microwave absorbing characteristics in multilayer absorbers based on barium ferrite and teflon

Abstract In order to investigate a new microwave absorbing characteristics of multilayer absorbers. Barium ferrite BaFe12O19 was synthesized by a standard ceramic method. Teflon was obtained from the china product and is available in the market. Multilayer absorbers based on 2 mm of barium ferrite layer thickness and 0.5 mm of teflon layer thickness with 2, 4, 6 and 10 layers were characterized by using vector network analyzer (VNA) Rohde-Schwarz ZVA 67 for 7.5 – 11.5 GHz frequencies. Reflection loss (RL) of multilayer absorbers were calculated and simulated using the transmit line theory. The microwave absorption abilities were enhanced for multilayer structure due to the combination of barium ferrite and teflon layers. The optimal absorption ability was achieved with − 20 dB (i.e. 99.9 % absorption) of reflection loss.