Analytical model for calculating the radiation field of microstrip antennas with artificial magnetic superstrates: Theory and experiment

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1438-1445

  Attia, Hussein ^a   Yousefi, Leila ^a   Ramahi, Omar M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial magnetic superstrate; cavity model; metamaterials; microstrip antennas; split ring resonators

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FORMULATION; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTIFICIAL DIELECTRIC; CAVITY MODEL; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DIELECTRIC SUPERSTRATES; DISPERSIVE PERMEABILITY; FAR-FIELD; FULL WAVE ANALYSIS; MICRO-STRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIPES; MULTI-LAYERED; PATCH ANTENNA; RADIATION FIELD; RECIPROCITY THEOREM; SPLIT RING RESONATORS; SUPERSTRATES; TRANSMISSION LINE; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAMATERIALS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTICAL RESONATORS;

MOBILE ANTENNAS;

EID: 79955588816     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2011.2122295     Document Type: Article

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