Ultrawideband hybrid EBG/ferrite ground plane for low-profile array antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-12

  Bell, Jodie M ^a   Iskander, Magdy F ^a   Lee, J J ^b  

^a University of Hawaii at Manoa   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial magnetic conductors (AMC); Electromagnetic band gap (EBG); Ferrite; Ground plane; Hybrid EBG ferrite; Low profile; Ultrawideband

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; FERRITE; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS;

ARTIFICIAL MAGNETIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND-GAP (EBG); PERFECT ELECTRIC CONDUCTOR; RAYTHEON'S LONG SLOT ARRAY ANTENNA; ULTRAWIDEBAND PERFORMANCE;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 33846926559     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.888455     Document Type: Article

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