Title :
Vertically periodic defected ground structure for planar transmission lines
Author :
Lim, J.-S. ; Kim, C.-S. ; Lee, Y.T. ; Ahn, D. ; Nam, S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea
fDate :
7/18/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A vertically periodic defected ground structure (VPDGS) for microstrip is described. VPDGS has additional vertical periodicity of defects plus the conventional horizontal periodicity on the ground plane. The slow-wave factors and the predicted and measured performances are presented
Keywords :
microstrip components; periodic structures; slow wave structures; ground plane; horizontal periodicity; periodic passband; periodic stopband; planar transmission lines; slow wave factors; steep cutoff characteristics; strip; vertically periodic defected ground structure;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020483
