Planar metamaterial transverse equivalent network and its application to low-profile antenna designs

European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2009, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 861-865

  Vallecchi, A ^a   Albani, M ^b   Capolino, F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENT NETWORK; EQUIVALENT TRANSMISSION LINE; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; HIGH IMPEDANCE SURFACE; JERUSALEM; LOW PROFILE; LOW-PROFILE ANTENNAS; LUMPED ELEMENT; LUMPED-CIRCUIT; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PLANE WAVE; RADIATION PROPERTIES; SUPERSTRATES; TIGHTLY-COUPLED;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; METAMATERIALS;

DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS;

EID: 70349880793     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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