Varactor-loaded complementary split ring resonators (VLCSRR) and their application to tunable metamaterial transmission lines

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-30

  Velez, Adolfo ^b   Bonache, Jordi ^a,b   Martin, Ferran ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complementary split ring resonators (CSRRs); Diode varactors; Metamaterials (MMs); Transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; DIODES; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; MICROSTRIP LINES; PERMITTIVITY; VARACTORS;

COMPLEMENTARY SPLIT RING RESONATORS (CSRR); DIODE VARACTORS; METAMATERIALS (MM);

DIELECTRIC RESONATORS;

EID: 38149131816     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.911983     Document Type: Article

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