A novel surface-wave antenna design using a thin periodically loaded ground plane

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 240-245

  Yang, Fan ^a,b   Aminian, Amir ^a   Rahmat Samii, Yahya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial ground plane; Dipole antenna; Low profile; Monopole antenna; Surface waves

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL GROUND PLANE; LOW PROFILE; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY CONVERSION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; SURFACE WAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 27744504382     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.21136     Document Type: Article

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