Tensor transmission-line metamaterials

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1559-1566

  Gok, Gurkan ^a   Grbic, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Artificial dielectrics; Artificial materials; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Magnetic materials; Microwave circuits; Periodic structures; Transmission line theory; Transmission lines

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRIC; ARTIFICIAL MATERIAL; CIRCUIT ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE; TRANSMISSION LINES;

ANISOTROPIC MEDIA; ANISOTROPY; BANDPASS FILTERS; CIRCUIT SIMULATION; ELECTRIC LINES; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; METAMATERIALS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVES; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDE COUPLERS;

TENSORS;

EID: 77949382324     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2044351     Document Type: Article

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