Microstrip Antennas Integrated with Electromagnetic Band-Gap (EBG) Structures: A Low Mutual Coupling Design for Array Applications

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 10 II, 2003, Pages 2936-2946

  Yang, Fan ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic band gap (EBG); Finite difference time domain (FDTD) method; Microstrip antennas; Mutual coupling; Surface wave

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ENERGY GAP; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

MUTUAL COUPLING;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0142063062     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.817983     Document Type: Article

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