Subwavelength, compact, resonant patch antennas loaded with metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-25

  Alù, Andrea ^a,b   Bilotti, Filiberto ^a   Engheta, Nader ^b   Vegni, Lucio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Metamaterials; Miniaturized antennas; Patch antennas

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC RADIATORS; ANTENNA FEEDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

METAMATERIALS; PATCH ANTENNAS; SUBWAVELENGTH RESONANT PATCH ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 33846937600     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.888401     Document Type: Article

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