Broadband RCS Reduction Using a Composite AMC Structure

Subject Areas : Majlesi Journal of Telecommunication Devices

Mostafa Mashhadi ¹ , Ali Azarbar ²

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Received: 2015-08-17 Accepted : 2015-11-01 Published : 2015-11-01

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