DocumentCode
2549820
Title
A method to realize epsilon-near-zero-like materials for waveguide discontinuities
Author
Kashanianfard, Mani ; Ramahi, Omar M.
Author_Institution
Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
fYear
2009
fDate
7-12 June 2009
Firstpage
141
Lastpage
144
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a new structure that has similar behavior to materials with extremely low permittivity. This novel structure is used here to construct waveguide junctions such as 90deg and 180deg turns while maintaining negligible return loss. Numerical demonstrations of the proposed structure are presented here.
Keywords
permittivity; waveguide junctions; epsilon-near-zero-like material; permittivity; waveguide junction; Dielectric losses; Dielectric materials; Electromagnetic waveguides; Frequency; Geometry; Permittivity; Reflection; Waveguide discontinuities; Waveguide junctions; Wires; Waveguide bends; Waveguide couplers; Waveguide junctions;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2803-8
Electronic_ISBN
0149-645X
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165652
Filename
5165652
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