Realization of Via-free Microstrip Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines
Conference: GeMiC 2009 - German Microwave Conference
03/16/2009 - 03/18/2009 at München, Germany
Proceedings: GeMiC 2009
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Eberspächer, Mark A.; Eibert, Thomas F. (Lehrstuhl für Hochfrequenztechnik, Technische Universität München, Arcisstr. 21, 80333 München, Germany)
Eccleston, Kim (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)
Abstract:
Three via-free microstrip composite right/left handed (CRLH) unit cells are presented, which enable easy and low-cost fabrication of transmission lines exhibiting the infinite wave length phenomenon. All guiding structures are designed in an entirely printed circuit technology based on the transmission line theory and its equivalent circuit. Supported by EM simulation software the unit cells are optimized to operate at a frequency of 10 GHz. Appropriate experiment boards were fabricated and the measurements obtained from a microwave vector network analyzer are compared to the simulated results. Furthermore, an approach is worked out to determine the dispersion characteristics of the unit cells without the need of an equivalent circuit. The introduced and applied method allows to calculate dispersion relations directly based on simulated and measured ABCD parameters. Left and right-handed regions are pointed out by the dispersion diagram and the so-called infinite wavelength phenomenon is exhibited.