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| Date: | 2013 |
| Abstract: | A new composite right/left-handed (CRLH) slotline leaky-wave antenna (LWA) is proposed. The antenna, implemented by loading a slotline with split-ring resonators (SRRs), is designed to exhibit a balanced dispersion relation, with a continuous transition between the left-handed and the right-handed bands at 2. 5 GHz. Since the periodicity of the structure is much less than a wavelength, the proposed LWA belongs to the family of quasi-uniform LWAs, and it radiates from the fundamental mode (contrary to periodic LWAs). Measured and simulated radiation patterns, gain, and scanning angle are reported for a 17-cell LWA. The experimental results demonstrate the potential of the LWA to continuously radiate from backward (- 50°) to forward (+60°) scanning angles, with maximum gains of 7. 1 and 11. 3 dB in the left- and right-handed bands, respectively, and specular radiation patterns. |
| Grants: | Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación TEC2010-17512 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CSD2008-00066 Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2009/SGR-421 |
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| Language: | Anglès |
| Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
| Subject: | Leaky-wave antennas (LWAs) ; Metamaterials ; Split Ring Resonator (SRR) ; Slot line ; Coplanar waveguide (CPW) |
| Published in: | IEEE antennas and wireless propagation letters, Vol. 12 (Oct. 2013) , p. 1424-1427, ISSN 1536-1225 |
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