Improved performance of circularly polarized antenna using semi-planar chiral metamaterial covers

Progress in Electromagnetics Research

Volumn 123, Issue , 2012, Pages 337-354

  Zarifi, D ^a   Oraizi, H ^a   Soleimani, M ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CIRCULAR POLARIZATION; HELICAL ANTENNAS; METAMATERIAL ANTENNAS; METAMATERIALS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

ARCHIMEDEAN SPIRAL; AXIAL RATIO; CHIRAL METAMATERIAL; CIRCULARLY POLARIZED ANTENNAS; RETURN LOSS;

SPIRAL ANTENNAS;

EID: 84855290965     PISSN: 10704698     EISSN: 15598985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2528/PIER11110506     Document Type: Article

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