Crépin, ThomasMartel, CédricGabard, BenjaminBoust, FabriceMartinaud, Jean-PaulDousset, ThierryRodríguez Ulibarri, PabloBeruete Díaz, MiguelLoecker, ClaudiusBertuch, ThomasMarcotegui, José AntonioMaci, Stefano2016-10-072016-10-072014978-1-4799-4195-7 (Electronic)1097-5764 (Print)10.1109/RADAR.2014.7060390https://academica-e.unavarra.es/handle/2454/22338Trabajo presentado a 2014 International Radar Conference, 13-17 de octubre de 2014, Lille (Francia)In this work, a metaradome based on a fakir’s bed of nails is designed and tested in order to suppress the blind directions of a 100-element antenna array. The antenna is a microstrip array designed to operate in X-band. The fakir’s bed metamaterial-like was first approximated using analytical formulas before a full-wave numerical optimization. Experimental results are exposed and confronted to numerical results. They show a significant reduction of the blind spot subsequent to the metaradome addition.application/pdfeng© 2014 IEEEAntenna arraysMetamaterialsScan blindnessContribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpenaAcceso abierto / Sarbide irekiainfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess