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Novel uniplanar flexible Artificial Magnetic Conductor

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A novel flexible uniplanar Artificial Magnetic Conductor (AMC) design is presented. A prototype is manufactured and characterized under flat and bent conditions in an anechoic chamber. The designed prototype shows broad AMC operation bandwidth, polarization angle independency, and high angular stability margin when operating under oblique incidence.

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Work supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación of Spain /FEDER under projects TEC2011-24492 (iScat) and CONSOLIDER-INGENIO CSD2008-00068 (TERASENSE), by the Gobierno del Principado de Asturias (PCTI)/FEDER-FSE under project PC10-06 (FLEXANT).

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de Cos, M.E., Las Heras, F. Novel uniplanar flexible Artificial Magnetic Conductor. Appl. Phys. A 109, 1031–1035 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-012-7373-9

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