Abstract:To address the critical demand for compatible low infrared emissivity and dual-band radar absorption, this study proposes a novel dual-band radar absorber with low infrared emissivity, which is made of an infrared stealth layer and a dual-band radar absorbing structure. The infrared stealth layer is designed as a square metal patch array. The dual-band radar absorber consists of a resonant layer, a dielectric layer, and a metal reflector layer, in which the resonant layer consists of an open square ring combined with a symmetrical eight-arm cross-diagonal pattern. The results show that the infrared emissivity of the novel structure is as low as 0.316 in the band of 3-14 μm, the effective absorption rates are 94.23% and 99.94% at 9.04 GHz and 14.67 GHz respectively, and the structure exhibits wide-angle stability. Furthermore, the absorption frequencies can be changed through parameter optimization. The electric field, surface current and magnetic field are simulated at resonant frequency to explain the dual-band absorption mechanism. This study provides new approaches and possibilities for the development of infrared-multiband radar stealth-compatible technology.