Design of miniaturized metamaterial patch antennas with μ-negative loading

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1640-1647

  Bilotti, Filiberto ^a   Alu, Andrea ^b   Vegni, Lucio ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrated antennas; Magnetic inclusions; Metamaterials

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PIGMENTS; RADIATORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WAVES;

(+ MOD 2N) OPERATION; (1 1 1) ORIENTATION; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CAVITY MODELS; CIRCULAR-PATCH ANTENNAS; COMPACT ANTENNAS; FULLY-ISOTROPIC; MAGNETIC (CE); MAGNETIC INCLUSIONS; METAMATERIAL (MM); METAMATERIALS (MTM); NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OHMIC LOSSES; PATCH ANTENNAS; RESONANT MODES; SMALL SIZE; SUB WAVELENGTH; TECHNOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 45549094896     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.923307     Document Type: Article

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