Miniature antenna using printed coupled lines emulating degenerate band edge crystals

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1618-1624

  Mumcu, Gokhan ^a   Sertel, Kubilay ^a   Volakis, John L ^a  

^a The Ohio State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Coupled microstrip lines; Degenerate band edge (DBE) crystals; Magnetic photonic (MPC) crystals; Metamaterials; Miniature antennas; Printed antennas

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; COUPLED MICROSTRIP LINES; DEGENERATE BAND EDGE (DBE) CRYSTALS; MAGNETIC PHOTONIC (MPC) CRYSTALS; MINIATURE ANTENNAS; PRINTED ANTENNAS;

ANISOTROPY; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MICROSTRIP LINES; MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PREDICTIVE CONTROL SYSTEMS; SUBSTRATES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67649449489     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2019874     Document Type: Article

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