Electromagnetic characterization of textured surfaces formed by metallic pins

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-415

  Silveirinha, Mário G ^a   Fernandes, Carlos A ^b   Costa, Jorge R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Additional boundary conditions (ABC); High impedance surfaces; Metamaterials; Surface impedance; Wire media

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; HOMOGENIZATION METHOD;

ADDITIONAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; METAMATERIALS; SURFACE IMPEDANCE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 40549100415     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2007.915442     Document Type: Article

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