Enhanced CRLH transmission line performances using a lattice network unit cell

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 431-433

  Bongard, Frédéric ^a   Perruisseau Carrier, Julien ^b,c   Mosig, Juan R ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^c Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composite right left handed (CRLH); Left handed (LH); Metamaterials; Transmission lines (TLs)

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED (CRLH); COMPOSITE RIGHT/LEFT-HANDED TRANSMISSION LINES; CRLH TL; CRLH TRANSMISSION LINES; FULL-WAVE SIMULATIONS; FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES; GROUP VELOCITIES; LEFT-HANDED (LH); PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; STRIP LINE; TRANSMISSION LINES (TLS); UNIT CELLS;

BANDPASS FILTERS; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC LINES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METAMATERIALS;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 68149170853     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2009.2022121     Document Type: Article

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