Composite right/left-handed transmission line with wire bonded interdigital capacitor

被引:8
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作者
Casares-Miranda, Francisco P. [1 ]
Marquez-Segura, Enrique [1 ]
Otero, Pablo [1 ]
Camacho-Penalosa, Carlos [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Malaga, Dept Ingn Comunicac, ETS Ingn Telecomunicac, E-29071 Malaga, Spain
关键词
composite right/left-handed (CRLH) metamaterials; microwave passive circuits; wire bonded interdigital capacitor (WBIDC);
D O I
10.1109/LMWC.2006.884775
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An enhanced composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) is presented in this letter. This TL, designed in microstrip technology, is implemented by means of a new improved interdigital capacitor (IDC), the so-called wire bonded IDC (WBIDC). The use of the WBIDC broadens the frequency band where the CRLH TL can be considered as a TL. A conventional 70-Omega CRLH TL (using IDCs) has been compared, by full-wave simulation and measurements, with its enhanced counterpart (using WBIDCs). In addition, this enhanced CRLH TL has been used to design a CRLH diplexer which presents several advantages over standard CRLH coupled lines (using IDCs). The diplexer response has been verified by means of a full-wave electromagnetic solver.
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页码:624 / 626
页数:3
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