Mutual coupling reduction in patch antenna arrays by using a planar EBG structure and a multilayer dielectric substrate

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1648-1655

  Rajo Iglesias, Eva ^a   Quevedo Teruel, Óscar ^a   Inclán Sánchez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization (ACO); Electromagnetic band gap (EBG); Multilayer substrate; Mutual coupling; Patch antenna array; Periodic structure

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNAS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; SEPARATION; SURFACE WAVES; SURFACES; WAVES;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; ELECTROMAGNETIC BAND GAP (EBG) STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY RANGING; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE SURFACE (FSS); GROUNDED SLABS; MULTI LAYER DIELECTRICS; MUTUAL COUPLING (MC); PATCH ANTENNA ARRAYS;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 45549093825     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.923306     Document Type: Article

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