A Multilayer Compact Solid State Composite Right/Left-Handed Metamaterial Transmission Line

Author

Hu, Zhirun ; Curtis, Philip D. ; Tong, Wei

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester

Volume

29

Issue

12

fYear

2008

Firstpage

1383

Lastpage

1385

Abstract

A multilayer fully integrated solid state composite right/left-handed metamaterial transmission line medium is presented. The left-handedness of the structure is validated by full electromagnetic wave simulation and experimental data. The measured results reveal that the bandwidth of the left-handedness of the transmission line medium is of 12.5 GHz, from 2.8 to 15.3 GHz. The reported multilayer structure consists of six left-handed unit cells and has a size of 1.81 mm². The super compactness of the structure makes it well suited for Si RF/MMIC applications.

Keywords

metamaterials; transmission lines; electromagnetic wave simulation; frequency 2.8 GHz to 15.3 GHz; left-handed metamaterial transmission line; multilayer compact solid state composite transmission line; right-handed metamaterial transmission line; Bandwidth; Electromagnetic measurements; Electromagnetic scattering; MMICs; Metamaterials; Nonhomogeneous media; Radio frequency; Solid state circuits; Transmission line measurements; Transmission lines; Composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line; Si MMIC; left-handedness; metamaterials; multilayer MMIC;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electron Device Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0741-3106

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LED.2008.2007512

Filename

4671163