Broadband microstrip antenna with left-handed metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 331-338

  Palandoken, Merih ^a   Grede, Andre ^a   Henke, Heino ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dipole antennas; Left handed metamaterials (LHMs); Loaded antennas; Periodic structure

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MINIATURIZATIONS; BROAD BANDWIDTHS; BROADBAND MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; CENTER FREQUENCIES; LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIAL; LEFT-HANDED METAMATERIALS (LHMS); LOADED ANTENNAS; MAXIMUM GAINS; RECTANGULAR SLOTS; RETURN LOSS; SIMULATED RADIATIONS; STEPPED IMPEDANCE TRANSFORMERS; TRUNCATED GROUND PLANES; UNIT CELLS; WIDEBAND WIRELESS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS; ANTENNA GROUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; METAMATERIALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROWAVE ANTENNAS; PERIODIC STRUCTURES;

DIPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 65449150230     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2008.2011230     Document Type: Article

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