A novel technique for open-stopband suppression in 1-D periodic printed leaky-wave antennas

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1894-1906

  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 scanning; Leaky wave antennas; Microstrip; One dimensional (1 D) periodicity; Open stopband; Printed antennas

Indexed keywords

BROADSIDE SCANNING; LEAKY-WAVE ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP; ONE-DIMENSIONAL (1-D) PERIODICITY; OPEN STOPBAND; PRINTED ANTENNAS;

CELL MEMBRANES; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; SCANNING;

MICROWAVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 67949091209     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2009.2019900     Document Type: Article

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