Reflection Phase Characterizations of the EBG Ground Plane for Low Profile Wire Antenna Applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 I, 2003, Pages 2691-2703

  Yang, Fan ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic band gap (EBG) structures; Low profile; Reflection phase; Wire antenna

Indexed keywords

DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; RADIATION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

REFLECTION PHASE;

BAND STRUCTURE;

EID: 0142063044     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.817559     Document Type: Article

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