Metamaterial microstrip backward couplers for fully planar fabrication techniques

Conference Digest of the 2004 Joint 29th International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves and 12th International Conference on Terahertz Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 185-186

  Jarauta, E ^d   Laso, M A G ^d   Lopetegi, T ^d   Falcone, F ^d   Beruete, M ^d   Baena, J D ^b   Bonache, J ^c   Gil, I ^c   Garcia Garcia, J ^c   Marcotegui, A ^a,d   Martin, F ^c   Marques R ^b   Sorolla, M ^d  

^a Conatel S L ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Left Handed Media; Metamaterials; Microstrip Line

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ETCHING; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MICROSTRIP LINES; MICROWAVE DEVICES; RESONATORS; VECTORS;

LEFT HANDED MEDIA; METAMATERIALS; MICROSTRIP BACKWARD COUPLERS; SPLIT RING RESONATORS (SRR);

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 20144389038     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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10. The application of all the structures described in this paper for circuits and antennas in planar technology is patent pending.