Microwave Devices and Antennas Using NegativeRefractiveIndex TransmissionLine Metamaterials

The prelims comprise:

• Introduction

• Fundamental Properties

• Effective Medium Theory

• A Super-Resolving Negative-Refractive-Index Transmission-Line Lens

• Compact and Broadband Phase-Shifting Lines

• Series-Fed Antenna Arrays with Reduced Beam Squinting

• A Broadband Metamaterial Balun in Microstrip

• Broadband Power Combiners Using Zero-Degree Phase-Shifting Lines

• Electrically Small Ring Antenna with Vertical Polarization

• A Leaky-Wave Backward Antenna Radiating its Fundamental Spatial Harmonic

• A High-Directivity Backward NRI/Microstrip Coupler

• Phase-Agile Branch-Line Microstrip Couplers

• Conclusion

• Appendix

• References

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