Composite right/left-handed transmission lines based on conductor-backed coplanar strips for antenna application

Proceedings of the 36th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1040-1043

  Goto, Rei ^a   Deguchi, Hiroyuki ^a   Tsuji, Mikio ^a  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Balanced condition; Coplanar strips; Leaky wave antenna; Left handed media; Metamaterial

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BALANCED CONDITION; COPLANAR STRIPS; LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNA; LEFT-HANDED MEDIA; METAMATERIAL;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 41649118533     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMC.2006.281102     Document Type: Conference Paper

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