Multifrequency and dual-mode patch antennas partially filled with left-handed structures

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 56, Issue 8 II, 2008, Pages 2527-2539

  Herraiz Martínez, Francisco Javier ^a   González Posadas, Vicente ^b   Garcia Munoz, Luis Enrique ^a   Segovia Vargas, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Left handed (LH) metamaterials; Microstrip antennas; Multifrequency antennas

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

BAND FREQUENCIES; DIPOLAR MODES; DUAL MODES; FREQUENCY RATIOS; LEFT HANDED; LEFT-HANDED (LH) METAMATERIALS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP PATCHES; MINIATURIZED ANTENNAS; MULTI-FREQUENCY; MULTIFREQUENCY ANTENNAS; PATCH ANTENNAS; PROPER DESIGN; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; TRANSMISSION-LINE THEORY;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 49649115588     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.927518     Document Type: Article

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