Slow-wave effect of electronically-controlled composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line

IEICE Transactions on Communications

Volumn E91-B, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1665-1668

  Lim, Sungjoon ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Composite right left handed (CRLH) transmission line; Leaky wave antenna; Left handed metamaterial; Phase shifter; Slow wave

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; GUIDED ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; PHASE SHIFTERS; TRAVELING WAVE ANTENNAS; WAVE EFFECTS;

COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINES; DISPERSION DIAGRAMS; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTIC; LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS; LEFT HANDED METAMATERIAL; SLOW WAVE; SLOW WAVE EFFECTS; SLOW-WAVE FACTOR;

SLOW WAVE STRUCTURES;

EID: 68449092005     PISSN: 09168516     EISSN: 17451345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e91-b.5.1665     Document Type: Article

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