A CPS leaky-wave antenna with reduced beam squinting using NRI-TL metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 708-721

  Antoniades, Marco A ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Beam squinting; Co planar strip; Leaky wave antennas (LWAs); Metamaterial; Negative refractive index (NRI); Periodic structures

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BEAM SQUINTING; BLOCH IMPEDANCE; LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA; NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 41649112976     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.916965     Document Type: Article

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