Near-zero permittivity substrates for horizontal antennas: Performance enhancement and limitations

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2674-2677

  Hirvonen, Mervi ^a   Tretyakov, Sergei A ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conducting surface; Dipole antenna; Dispersion; Near zero permittivity; Quality factor

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ACCESSORIES; ANTENNAS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; PERMITTIVITY;

ANTENNA PERFORMANCE; CONDUCTING SURFACE; DIPOLE ANTENNA; DISPERSION; FINITE SIZE; FREQUENCY DISPERSIONS; GROUND PLANE; HORIZONTAL DIPOLE; NEAR-ZERO PERMITTIVITY; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; QUALITY FACTOR;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 49749117473     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.23739     Document Type: Article

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