Topology and design of wide-band 3D metamaterials made of periodically loaded transmission line arrays

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 313-316

  Hoefer, Wolfgang J R ^a   So, Poman P M ^a   Thompson, Dane ^b   Tentzeris, Manos M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial materials; Left handed materials; Metamaterials; Negative refractive index materials; Periodic structures; Transmission line networks

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MATERIALS; LEFT HANDED MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

ARRAYS; ELECTRIC LOADS; MICROWAVES; PERMITTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TOPOLOGY;

MATERIALS SCIENCE;

EID: 33645684461     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2005.1516589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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