A New Approach for Calculation of Metamaterial Printed Fractal Antenna Using Galerkin’s Method

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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Figure 18: A New Approach for Calculation of Metamaterial Printed Fractal Antenna Using Galerkin’s Method 