Antenna matching in ε-near-zero metamaterial channels

2009 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, iWAT 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Alù, Andrea ^a,b   Engheta, Nader ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA MATCHING; ARBITRARY SHAPE; ARBITRARY WAVEGUIDES; COAXIAL ANTENNAS; CUT-OFF; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; MATCHING PROPERTY; RECTANGULAR CHANNEL; RELATIVE POSITIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; ELECTRIC CABLES; METAMATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 67650446374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IWAT.2009.4906954     Document Type: Conference Paper

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