Title :
Compact and Broadband Coplanar Waveguide Left-Handed Metamaterial Transmission Line for RF/ MICC Application
Author :
Tong, Wei ; Hu, Z.R. ; Curtis, Phil ; Missous, M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Manchester Univ.
Abstract :
A GaAs solid state passive coplanar waveguide (CPW) left-handed metamaterial medium is proposed and validated by measured results. The unit cell of the fabricated structures has a size of 0.09 mm2. The left handedness range of the solid state left-handed structure extends from 2.3 GHz to 17.5 GHz. The compactness and broad left-handed operating bandwidth make the presented left-handed metamaterial be well incorporated with RF/MMIC applications
Keywords :
III-V semiconductors; MMIC; coplanar waveguides; gallium arsenide; metamaterials; radiofrequency integrated circuits; transmission lines; 2.3 to 17.5 GHz; GaAs; RF/MMIC application; broadband coplanar waveguide; left-handed metamaterial transmission line; solid state left-handed structure; solid state passive coplanar waveguide; Bandwidth; Circuit simulation; Coplanar transmission lines; Coplanar waveguides; Distributed parameter circuits; Gallium arsenide; Metamaterials; Power transmission lines; Radio frequency; Solid state circuits;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, 2006. ICSICT '06. 8th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0160-7
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0161-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2006.306290
