A novel high-directivity microstrip patch antenna based on zero-index metamaterial

IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters

Volumn 8, Issue , 2009, Pages 538-541

  Zhou, Hang ^a   Pei, Zhibin ^a   Qu, Shaobo ^a   Zhang, Song ^a   Wang, Jiafu ^a   Duan, Zhangshan ^a   Ma, Hua ^a   Xu, Zhuo ^b  

^a AIR FORCE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Directivity; Metamaterial; Microstrip patch antenna (MPA); Zero index metamaterials (ZIM)

Indexed keywords

AVERAGING EFFECT; DIRECTIVITY; EFFECTIVE PERMITTIVITY; HIGH-DIRECTIVITY; INDEX OF REFRACTION; METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; ZERO-INDEX METAMATERIALS (ZIM);

METAMATERIALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77956210638     PISSN: 15361225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LAWP.2009.2018710     Document Type: Article

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