CPW‐Fed Arbitrary Frequency‐Switchable Antenna Using CRLH Transmission Line

A novel frequency‐switchable antenna that uses PIN diodes and a composite right‐ and left‐handed transmission line (CRLH TL) is proposed. The CRLH TL provides multi‐order resonance, including a zeroth‐order resonance (ZOR), and its shunt stub determines the ZOR frequency. Thus, the resonant frequency is arbitrarily chosen by lumped chip inductors on the shunt stub. Two prototypes are designed using different chip inductors while maintaining the antenna geometries. Antenna #1 can switch the resonant frequency from 1.8 GHz to 2.3 GHz. Antenna #2 can switch its resonance from 0.9 GHz to 2.3 GHz.     

Fully Printed Dual‐Band Power Divider Miniaturized by CRLH Phase‐Shift Lines

In this letter, a compact and fully printed composite right‐ and left‐handed (CRLH) dual‐band power divider is proposed. The branches of the conventional Wilkinson power divider are replaced by subwavelength CRLH phase‐shift lines having +90° for one frequency and ?90° for another frequency for dual‐band and miniaturization performance. Equations are derived for the even‐ and odd‐mode analysis combined with the dual‐band CRLH circuit. A PCS and a WLAN band are chosen as the test case and the circuit approach agrees with the CAD simulation and the measurement. Additionally, the CRLH property is shown with the dispersion diagram and the eightfold size reduction is noted.     

A Compact Zeroth‐Order Resonant Antenna on Vialess CPW Single Layer

In this letter, a novel zeroth‐order resonant (ZOR) antenna on vialess co‐planar waveguide (CPW) is proposed. It is based on a composite right/left‐handed CPW transmission line. To achieve a compact size, this antenna utilizes the ZOR condition, and its reactive parameters determine the resonant frequency. Each unit cell is composed of a metallic top patch and meander lines. Since it is realized on the CPW single layer, the proposed antenna has the benefits of being a compact size and easy to fabricate. The bandwidth of 6.8% and efficiency of 62% are experimentally achieved. Its bandwidth is enhanced compared with other ZOR antennas.     

基于分形复合左右手传输线的小型化微带双工器设计

基于分形几何与复合左右手传输线的混合技术方法,提出了一种新型小型化微带双工器并对其进行了研究.该双工器将工作于一对不同频率的两个三端口网络进行合成,由构成其左手部分的集总元件和右手部分的Sierpinski分形微带线组成.双工器的小型化得益于Sierpinski分形曲线的空间填充特性.而双工器的双频特性是由于复合左右手...     

Novel Compact Dual-Band Rat-Race Coupler Combining Fractal Geometry and CRLH TLs

A super compact fractal-shaped composite right/left handed (CRLH) rat-race coupler (RRC) is proposed for the first time by skillfully combining two circuit schematics of the RRC operating at two arbitrary frequencies. For dual-band (DB) purpose, novel circuit schematics of RRC are deducted, and close-form formula and design procedures are derived in detail. The CRLH transmission line (TL) consists of lumped elements for the left handed part and Koch-shaped microstrip lines (MLs) for the right handed part. Since conventional RRC exhibits two types of unique branches, the DB design often suffers a tedious process. By employing the CRLH TL, the realization of a DB RRC becomes much easier. Moreover, constructing the microstrip lines as Koch curves enables the compactness of the circuit. For verification, a coupler operating at 0.75 and 1.8? GHz is fabricated and measured. Consistent results between simulation and measurement have confirmed the design and shown that the RRC with an area of 10.2% of its conventional counterpart owns excellent in-band performances.     

Dual Composite Right/Left-Handed (D-CRLH) Transmission Line Metamaterial

The novel concept of dual composite right/left-handed (D-CRLH) transmission line metamaterial is introduced. The D-CRLH is the "dual" of the conventional CRLH in the sense that it has a series parallel (instead of series) LC tank and a shunt series (instead of parallel) LC tank. This topological duality results in dual properties. The D-CRLH indeed exhibits its left-handed (LH) band at high frequencies and its right-handed (RH) band at low frequencies and is of stop-band nature, in opposition to the CRLH which is low-frequency-LH/high-frequency-RH and pass-band. The so-called balanced condition is still valid in the D-CRLH for broadband matching. However, phase origin is at dc and infinity instead, as at the LH-RH transition, and the gap between the RH and LH bands cannot be closed up in practical implementations. In contrast, the D-CRLH provides an unlimited LH bandwidth. This letter presents the homogeneous and LC-network transmission parameters and the fundamental dispersion/impedance properties of the D-CRLH     

Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Line With Wire Bonded Interdigital Capacitor

An enhanced composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) is presented in this letter. This TL, designed in microstrip technology, is implemented by means of a new improved interdigital capacitor (IDC), the so-called wire bonded IDC (WBIDC). The use of the WBIDC broadens the frequency band where the CRLH TL can be considered as a TL. A conventional 70-Omega CRLH TL (using IDCs) has been compared, by full-wave simulation and measurements, with its enhanced counterpart (using WBIDCs). In addition, this enhanced CRLH TL has been used to design a CRLH diplexer which presents several advantages over standard CRLH coupled lines (using IDCs). The diplexer response has been verified by means of a full-wave electromagnetic solver     

基于复合左右手传输线的双频带通滤波器设计

根据复合左右手传输线(CRLH TLs)在实现双频微波器件领域的独特优势,设计实现了一个微带结构双频带通滤波器(BPF)。通过设计CRLH TLs的参数,可以任意选取双频滤波器两个通带的中心频率。文中给出了一个中心频率为1.47GHz和2.3GHz的双频带通滤波器设计实例,并通过仿真和实验结果验证设计方法的有效性。利用CRLH TLs设计双频器件,可以在实现双频工作同时保持结构的紧凑性,具有很好的工程应用价值。     

Inhibiting Left-Handed Wave Propagation by a Band Gap of Stacked Cut-Off Metallic Hole Arrays

In this letter, the behavior of a recently reported left-handed metamaterial working at millimeter-wave frequencies is analyzed. The metamaterial is built by the periodic stacking of metallic plates with sub-wavelength hole arrays that show extraordinary optical transmission. If the longitudinal period of the stacked structure is chosen adequately, it is possible to mold the electromagnetic wave propagation inside the structure from right-handed to left-handed. The transmission response of the fabricated prototype has been measured with a millimeter wave quasioptical vector network analyzer in the range between 40 GHz and 110 GHz confirming the possibility to tune the left-handed or right handed characteristics of the waves propagating there. These results can give rise to interesting applications such as novel lenses and other quasioptical structures     

基于多层结构的新型左右手混合传输线

通过利用微带到共面波导的多层耦合结构,设计并制作了一种新型的左右手混合（CRLH）传输线。在该结构中,串联电容可以方便的通过上下两层金属导体之间的耦合加以实现,克服了传统的共面交指电容的电容值有限并且调谐复杂的缺点。同时也研究了判断左手通带的方法,并将该方法应用到所设计的结构中,结果表明该传输线结构具有相对较宽的左手带宽并且在左手通带内匹配良好。     

Resonant-type balanced composite right/ left-handed coplanar waveguide structure

A resonant-type balanced composite right/left-handed (CRLH) coplanar waveguide (CPW) structure based on split ring resonators (SRRs) is presented. An equivalent circuit model is used to describe its complicated behaviour. As the higher cutoff frequency of the left- handed (LH) band and the lower cutoff frequency of the right- handed (RH) band are identical, a continuous transition from LH band to RH band without a bandgap can be achieved. In addition, because of the presence of SRRs, the resonant-type balanced CRLH CPW structure exhibits a very sharp cutoff in the lower edge of the transmission band.     

一种新型复合左右手结构四频微带天线

在传统互补开环谐振(CSSRR)结构上添加T型枝节,形成一种新型复合左右手传输线(CRLH TL)。采用理论分析、电磁仿真和电路仿真研究其电磁特性,给出了单元结构的等效电路,计算了色散曲线,证明该结构是一种具有双频特性的CRLH结构。利用该结构设计、制作并测试了一种C波段四频微带天线,测试结果表明该天线具有较宽的阻抗带宽和很好的辐射特性。     

复合左右手微带有源漏波阵列天线

本文通过分析左右手传输线的后向波理论,提出了一种基于复合左右手传输线的有源漏波阵列天线。该天线的有源辐射单元部分采用左右手传输线结构,通过添加有源放大器和移相器,在传输方向上可以实现前后向波束大范围扫描,在组阵方向实现波束相扫,整个阵列实现两维电扫功能。仿真与实验结果吻合良好,表明该设计方法的正确性和可行性。     

On the electrical characteristics of complementary metamaterial resonators

In this letter, a method to obtain the electrical characteristics of complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs) coupled to planar transmission lines is presented. CSRRs have been recently proposed by some of the authors as new constitutive elements for the synthesis of metamaterials with negative effective permittivity, and they have been applied to the fabrication of metamaterial-based circuits in planar technology. The method provides the electrical characteristics of CSRRs (including the intrinsic resonant frequency and the unloaded Q-factor), as well as the coupling capacitance between line and CSRRs, and the parameters of the host line. Parameter extraction from the proposed method is applied to two different structures corresponding to the basic cells of left handed (LH) and negative permittivity lines. The method is of actual interest for the design of microwave circuits and metamaterials based on these complementary resonant particles.     

Experimental Demonstration and Characterization of a Tunable CRLH Delay Line System for Impulse/Continuous Wave

A new tunable delay system is presented and demonstrated experimentally in this letter. This system, which incorporates a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line, two mixers, and a low-pass filter, achieves a tunable group delay for impulse and continuous-wave signals, controlled by a local oscillator. This group delay tunability follows from the dispersion property of the CRLH transmission line and is achieved without suffering from the drawbacks of conventional delay lines in terms of matching, frequency of operation, and planar circuit implementation. The realized prototype exhibits measured group delays tunable between 5.1 and 8.54 ns over a frequency range of 2-4.5 GHz.     

基于CRLH TL的小型化宽频带手机天线设计

主要阐述基于复合左右手传输线(CRLH TL)零阶谐振模设计小型化宽频带的手机天线。该天线低频段由尺寸较大的零阶谐振天线决定,高频段由尺寸较小的零阶谐振天线决定,尺寸较大的零阶谐振天线的右手模式与尺寸较小的零阶谐振天线的零阶谐振模谐振在相邻的频带上实现频带融合,从而扩展高频段的带宽。该天线覆盖了GSM900、PCS、UMTS、Bluetooth和ISM2400五个移动通信频带,天线厚度仅为1mm,所占面积为37×15mm2。测试结果与仿真结果吻合,满足移动通信终端对手机天线的要求。     

基于新型复合左右手传输线的零阶谐振天线

通过在共面波导上引入周期排列的缝隙和二阶Hilbert分形接地曲线,实现了一种新型复合左右手传输线。在等效电路模型的基础上,利用HFSS和Serenade软件对该传输线的电路参数进行了拟合。拟合出的电路参数表明:该传输线可以用于设计具有较宽带宽的小型化零阶谐振天线。作为验证,设计并制作了一个两单元零阶谐振天线。实验结果表明:该天线比之前报道的复合左右手零阶谐振天线具有更小的电尺寸和更宽的工作带宽。基于这些优点,该天线可以用于现代通信系统中。     

Broadband Via-Free Microstrip Balun Using Metamaterial Transmission Lines

A novel metamaterial broadband microstrip balun design is proposed. The broadband balun consists of a pair of identical metamaterial transmission lines. In the odd mode, a virtual ground is formed between the symmetric plane. The odd mode is allowed while the even mode is rejected. No vias are required to realize the shunt inductors of the metamaterial lines, and no power divider is used. Baluns with good performance can be achieved. In this letter, two baluns are fabricated and measured. For the balun with seven units, the output amplitude difference is less than 0.7 dB, and the differential phase is 181deg plusmn 3deg from 1.6 to 3.6 GHz, while the input return loss is greater than 10 dB.     

Composite right/left handed transmission line phase shifter using ferroelectric varactors

A composite right/left handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL) phase shifter, using ferroelectric (Ba/sub 0.25/Sr/sub 0.75/TiO/sub 3/) varactors as tunable element, is presented for the first time. It is theoretically and experimentally demonstrated how the unique features of CRLH TLs, enables a differential phase shift with flat frequency dependence around the center frequency. The experimental prototype is a coplanar design integrated on a high resistive Si substrate. It includes four CRLH T-unit cells and has a physical length of 3850/spl mu/m. The ferroelectric varactors are realized in parallel plate version. Under 15-V dc bias applied over each varactor, the differential phase shift is flat around 17GHz and has an absolute value of 50/spl deg/.