Bandgap and slow/fast-wave characteristics of defected ground structures (DGSs) including left-handed features

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 3113-3120

  Kim, Hyung Mi ^a,b   Lee, Bomson ^a,b  

^a Kyung Hee University ^*

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bandgap; Defected ground structures (DGSs); Dispersion; Left handed (LH) transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DEFECTS; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BANDGAP; DEFECTED GROUND STRUCTURES (DGS); ELECTROMAGNETIC (EM) SIMULATION; LEFT-HANDED (LH) TRANSMISSION LINES (TL);

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 33746415745     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.877060     Document Type: Article

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