A compact tri-band monopole antenna with single-cell metamaterial loading

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1031-1038

  Zhu, Jiang ^a   Antoniades, Marco A ^a   Eleftheriades, George V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defected ground plane; Folded monopole antenna; Metamaterials; Multiband antenna

Indexed keywords

AIR-BRIDGES; COMPACT DIMENSIONS; DEFECTED GROUND PLANE; DIPOLAR MODES; FAR FIELD; FEED LINE; FOLDED MONOPOLE ANTENNA; FULL WAVE ANALYSIS; L-SHAPED SLOT; LOADED ANTENNAS; MONOPOLE ANTENNA; MULTIBAND ANTENNAS; PLANAR MONOPOLE ANTENNA; RADIATION EFFICIENCY; RADIATION PATTERNS; REACTIVE LOADING; TRANSMISSION-LINE;

ANTENNA GROUNDS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; METAMATERIALS; RESONANCE; WI-FI; WIMAX;

MONOPOLE ANTENNAS;

EID: 77950841343     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2010.2041317     Document Type: Article

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