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Miniaturized bendable 400 MHz artificial magnetic conductor

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A bendable artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) with a resonant frequency of 400 MHz is proposed. The dimensions of the unit cell are 50 × 50 mm2 or 0.07 × 0.07 λ0. The miniaturization is achieved with closely coupled patches printed on each side of a 0.127-mm-thick dielectric substrate. This last one is stacked on a flexible 3-mm-thick silicone over a ground plane. An AMC prototype is simulated and manufactured. Also, a printed inverted-F antenna is used to highlight the bandwidth of the AMC.

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The authors would like to thank the financial support of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES—National Center for Space Studies). This work was supported by the Region Bretagne (Brittany region), France.

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Presse, A., Tarot, AC. Miniaturized bendable 400 MHz artificial magnetic conductor. Appl. Phys. A 122, 345 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9877-1

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