Title :
Compact size coupled line CRLH unit cell
Author :
Alwakil, Ahmed D. ; Ezzat, Antony N. ; Safwat, Amr M E
Author_Institution :
Electron. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Ain Shams Univ., Cairo, Egypt
Abstract :
This paper presents variant designs of coupled line composite right/left handed (CRLH) unit cell. The proposed structures provide around 50% reduction in size without sacrificing the performance. EM simulations and experimental measurements are in a very good agreement.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave transmission; metamaterials; EM simulations; compact size; composite right/left handed unit cell; coupled line CRLH unit cell; Circuit simulation; Impedance; Integrated circuit modeling; Photonic band gap; Power transmission lines; Scattering parameters; Transmission line measurements; Composite right/left-handed transmission line; coupled lines; metamaterial; periodic structures;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (MECAP), 2010 IEEE Middle East Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-903-4
DOI :
10.1109/MECAP.2010.5724205
