Printed antenna pattern improvement through substrate perforation of high dielectric constant material: An FDTD evaluation

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-32

  Colburn, J S ^a   Rahmat Samii, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

FDTD; Integrated antennas; Photonic bandgap; Synthesized dielectrics; Taper slot antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BAND STRUCTURE; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE; INTEGRATED ANTENNAS; PHOTONIC BANDGAP; PRINTED ANTENNAS; SUBSTRATE PERFORATION; SYNTHESIZED DIELECTRICS; TAPER SLOT ANTENNAS;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 0032071881     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2760(199805)18:1<27::aid-mop7>3.0.co;2-k     Document Type: Article

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