Electronically-controlled metamaterial-based transmission line as a continuous-scanning leaky-wave antenna

IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 313-316

  Lim, Sungjoon ^a   Caloz, Christophe ^a   Itoh, Tatsuo ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Composite right left handed (CRLH) metamaterial; Continuous scanning; Electronic control; Leaky wave (LW) antenna; Transmission line (TL)

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT HANDED (CRLH) METAMATERIAL; CONTINOUS SCANNING; ELECTRONIC CONTROL; LEAKY-WAVE (LW) ANTENNA;

CAPACITANCE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SCANNING ANTENNAS; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 4444370651     PISSN: 0149645X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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