EBG Size Reduction for Low Permittivity Substrates

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="106296.fig.009a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2012/106296/figures/106296.fig.009a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>  Schematic</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="106296.fig.009b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijap/volume-2012/106296/figures/106296.fig.009b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Prototype</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Multilayered mushroom with rectangular shape, 4 elements and edge-located via (F-shape).</table>

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Figure 9: EBG Size Reduction for Low Permittivity Substrates 