Design and analysis of a new composite double negative metamaterial for multi-band communication

In this paper, a double C-shaped structure of double negative composite metamaterial is designed and depicts in configurations that can capable in a multi-band microwave frequency band. The design has achieved relative negative permeability, relative negative permittivity and relative negative refractive index. Analysis and comparison were done by using four configurations of composite metamaterial such as horizontal 1 x 1 array and vertical 1 x 1 array structures and the horizontal 1 x 1 and vertical 1 x 1 unit-cell configurations. Multi-band operating frequencies namely, S-band, C-band and X-band have been achieved using all configurations. The proposed metamaterial size is 1.2 cm x 1.2 cm x 0.16 cm which includes all geometrical parameters to fit the design inside the substrate area. Computer Simulation Technology (CST) is adopted to investigate this design where an incident electromagnetic wave travelling along the positive z-axis with an E-field polarized along the y-axis. The results of the proposed metamaterial depict multi-band metamaterial response over the frequency span from 1 to 15 GHz. The effective medium ratio of the metamaterial unit-cell is 7.44. Moreover, the results clearly seen that the single-negative and double-negative metamaterial characteristics of the unit-cell and arrays over the multi-band. The dimensions and scattering parameters of the proposed double C-shaped metamaterial are suitable for the S -band, C-band and X-band applications. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.