Title :
Integrated Left-handed Metamaterials for RF/MMIC Miniaturization and Performance Enhancement
Author :
Curtis, Philip D. ; Hu, Zhirun ; Tong, Wei ; Chua, Hong S. ; Gibson, Andrew A P ; Missous, Mohamed
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Manchester Univ.
Abstract :
Integrated left-handed (LH) metamaterials on GaAs RF/MMIC technology are presented. LH unit cells, transmission lines and filters are fabricated and characterized, showing that a step improvement in RF/MMIC size reduction can be achieved using LH technology. In addition, integrated LH circuits have exhibited broader operation bandwidth
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; band-pass filters; gallium arsenide; metamaterials; microwave filters; GaAs; band-pass filter; integrated left-handed metamaterials; left-handed transmission lines; microwave integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Distributed parameter circuits; Electrical resistance measurement; Equivalent circuits; Filters; Integrated circuit technology; MMICs; Metamaterials; Radio frequency; Transmission line measurements; Left-handed metamaterials; bandstop filter; left-handed transmission lines; microwave/millimeter-wave integrated circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281076
