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doi: 10.14355/jmmf.2014.0303.01
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Abstract
A compact distributed metamaterials quasi standard
transmission lines unit cell is proposed in this paper. It
consists of interdigital capacitor and single or double spiral
inductor based on microstrip transmission lines. The area of
the unit cell is much reduced when compared with the
conventional microstrip metamaterials transmission lines.
The performance and the fundamental properties of the
conventional and the proposed unit cells are verified by 3D
planar electromagnetic (EM) simulation, and the electric size
is calculated and compared. Transmission lines including 10
proposed unit cells and the traditional transmission lines are
simulated by full 3D simulator. The forward and backward
waves in the left-handed band from the simulation
demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed metamaterials
transmission lines unit cell.
Keywords
Metamaterials; Transmission Lines; Unit Cell; Interdigital
Capacitor; Spiral Inductor; Sonnet/CST Software Tools
Introduction
Metamaterials have attracted considerable attention
for many years because their unusual magnetic and
electric properties are generally not found in nature.
From the first evidences proved that materials with a
negative refractive index were indeed physically
realizable, numerous new devices or improvements of
existing devices have been reported in the microwave
and antenna fields. Metamaterials transmission lines
based on metamaterials, which is usually
implemented by periodically loading a host
transmission lines with series of capacitances and
shunt inductances and exhibits both the left-handed
(LH) and right-handed (RH) propagation bands. In
recent years, different microwave components based
on metamaterials have been developed and their
applications have been reported using metamaterials
transmission lines. When considering planar-type of
transmission lines, the coplanar waveguide (CPW)
and coplanar stripline (CPS) technology offer more
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(1)
ZB B C
(2)
(3)
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or
microelectromechanical
systems
(MEMS)
technology to reduce the effect of the insertion loss of
both the magnitude and phase.
Metamaterials TML Simulation
In order to more effectively demonstrate the proposed
metamaterial transmission lines unit cell, transmission
lines including 10 proposed unit cells using the spiral
inductor and the traditional transmission lines plotted
in Fig. 5 is simulated by full 3D CST simulator.
Theoretically in the left-handed band, the backward
wave should be seen in the metamaterials unit cells
part, and the forward wave should be seen in the
traditional transmission lines part. The Snapshots of
the simulated distributions of y-component of the
magnetic field in the connected right-handed
transmission lines and left-handed transmission lines
at different time instants are plotted and shown in the
Fig. 7. The phenomenon is well matched with the
theory, which further confirms the proposed
metamaterials transmission lines unit cell.
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FIG. 7 SNAPSHOTS OF SIMULATED DISTRIBUTIONS OF YCOMPONENT OF THE MAGNETIC FIELD IN THE CONNECTED
RIGHT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINES AND LEFT-HANDED
TRANSMISSION LINES AT DIFFERENT TIME INSTANTS
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Conclusion
medium
composite
right/left
handed
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