A via-free microstrip left-handed transmission line

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 301-304

  Sanada, Atsushi ^a   Murakami, Koichi ^a   Aso, Shuji ^a   Kubo, Hiroshi ^a   Awai, Ikuo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Backward waves; Composite right left handed transmission lines; Leaky wave antennas; Left handed materials; Metamaterials

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC ADMITTANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUCTANCE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

BACKWARD WAVES; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINES; LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNAS; LEFT-HANDED (LH) MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 4444323144     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWSYM.2004.1335877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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