Periodic FDTD analysis of a 2-D leaky-wave planar antenna based on dipole frequency selective surfaces

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2006-2012

  Kosmas, Panagiotis ^a,b   Feresidis, Alexandros P ^c   Goussetis, George ^d  

^a Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium   (United States)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Frequency selective surface (FSS); Leaky wave antenna (LWA); Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSS); LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA (LWA); PLANAR ANTENNA;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 34547121213     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.900233     Document Type: Article

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