Miniaturized microwave components and antennas using negative-refractive-index transmission-line (NRI-TL) metamaterials

Metamaterials

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 53-61

  Eleftheriades, George V ^a   Islam, Rubaiyat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antennas; Branch line couplers; Miniaturization; Negative refractive index; Power dividers; Transmission line

Indexed keywords

EID: 36049031834     PISSN: 18731988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metmat.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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