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 ]]>