Composite right/left-handed transmission line based compact resonant antennas for RF module integration

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2283-2291

  Lee, Cheng Jung ^a   Leong, Kevin M K H ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Circular polarized antenna; Composite right lefthanded transmission line (CRLH TL); Metamaterials; Small antenna

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; DESIGN; INDUCTANCE; OPTIMIZATION; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

CIRCULAR POLARIZED ANTENNA; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFTHANED TRANSMISSION LINE (CRLH-TL); METAMATERIALS; SMALL ANTENNA;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33747627155     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.879199     Document Type: Article

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