Directivity enhancement of printed antennas using a class of metamaterial superstrates

Electromagnetics

Volumn 26, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 203-218

  Lee, Young Ju ^a   Park, Wee Sang ^a   Yeo, Junho ^b   Mittra, Raj ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^c The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dual band directivity enhancement; Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG); Frequency selective surface (FSS); Metamaterials; Multilayer dielectric slab

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DIELECTRIC DEVICES; FREQUENCIES; MULTILAYERS; PERMITTIVITY;

ELECTROMAGNETIC BANDGAP (EBG); FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSS); METAMATERIALS; MULTILAYER DIELECTRIC SLAB;

PRINTED CIRCUITS;

EID: 33646240571     PISSN: 02726343     EISSN: 1532527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02726340600570294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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