Full-wave modal dispersion analysis and broadside optimization for a class of microstrip CRLH leaky-wave antennas

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2826-2837

  Paulotto, Simone ^a   Baccarelli, Paolo ^a   Frezza, Fabrizio ^a   Jackson, David R ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadside radiation; Composite right left handed (CRLH); Leaky wave antennas; Metamaterials; Microstrip antennas

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION CONSTANTS; BROADSIDE RADIATION; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED (CRLH); LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNAS; METAMATERIALS; MICROSTRIP; MODAL DISPERSIONS; PARAMETRIC STUDIES; PLANAR MICROSTRIP; RADIATING ELEMENTS; RADIATION EFFICIENCIES; STOP BANDS; UNIT CELLS; WAVE ANALYSES; WAVE SIMULATIONS;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; RADIATION EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 57849110491     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2008.2007333     Document Type: Article

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