Resonator-based near perfect metamaterial absorber with high EMI shielding for Wi-Fi and 5G applications

This paper introduces a perfect metamaterial absorber (MMA) achieving exceptional electromagnetic signal absorption at application-oriented frequencies of 2.40 and 3.50 GHz in addition to 6.09 GHz. The MMA exhibits absorption rates of 99.85, 98.6, and 96.7%, with high shielding effectiveness (SE) of 36.44, 32.58, and 31.13 dB against electromagnetic interference (EMI) at those frequencies. The structure of the copper resonator on the FR4 substrate allows the on-design frequency switching from 3.43 to 3.70 and 5.65 to 6.55 GHz, respectively. The structural symmetry enables polarization and incidence angle independence up to 60 degrees for both transverse electric and magnetic modes. The perfect absorption of the MMA is shown by the near-zero polarization conversion ratio. There is an adjacent correlation between the measurement and simulation results. The proposed MMA emerges as an efficient EMI shield for Wi-Fi and 5G signals, offering perfect absorption and extensive polarization characteristics.