High Impedance Metamaterial Surfaces Using Hilbert-Curve Inclusions

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 130-132

  McVay, John ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b   Hoorfar, Ahmad ^a  

^a Villanova University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial magnetic conductor; Complex surface; High impedance ground plane; Hilbert curve; Metamaterial

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CURVE FITTING; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; GEOMETRY; INTERPOLATION; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE;

COMPLEX SURFACES; HILBERT CURVES; MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; METAMATERIAL SURFACES;

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE;

EID: 2042502358     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.822571     Document Type: Article

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