Design of a beam reconfigurable thz antenna with graphene-based switchable high-impedance surface

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 836-842

  Huang, Yi ^a   Wu, Lin Sheng ^a   Tang, Min ^a   Mao, Junfa ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Beam reconfigurable antenna; graphene; high impedance surface (HIS); switchable; THz

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA BEAMS; EFFECTS OF IMPURITIES; GATE VOLTAGES; HIGH IMPEDANCE SURFACE; HIGH-IMPEDANCE SURFACES; INPUT IMPEDANCE; RADIATION BEAMS; RECONFIGURABLE ANTENNA; REFLECTION CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATED RESULTS; SINGLE LAYER; SWITCHABLE; THZ; THZ ANTENNA;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); GRAPHENE;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 84863741114     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2012.2202288     Document Type: Article

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