TY - GEN
T1 - Balanced and symmetric design of active composite right-left-handed transmission line with gain
AU - Chang, Kihun
AU - Qi, Tang
AU - Xin, Hao
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We present a balanced and symmetric design of microwave composite right-/left-handed active metamaterial transmission lines incorporating gain devices. Our results show that by inserting a Ge tunnel diode at the unit cell level, the negative phase constant (i.e., left-handedness) and gain (negative attenuation constant) can be obtained simultaneously. By considering the parasitic effects of the diode, balanced and symmetric responses are achieved over a significant bandwidth.
AB - We present a balanced and symmetric design of microwave composite right-/left-handed active metamaterial transmission lines incorporating gain devices. Our results show that by inserting a Ge tunnel diode at the unit cell level, the negative phase constant (i.e., left-handedness) and gain (negative attenuation constant) can be obtained simultaneously. By considering the parasitic effects of the diode, balanced and symmetric responses are achieved over a significant bandwidth.
KW - Active Metamaterial
KW - Composite Right-/Left-Handed Transmission Line
KW - Negative Refractive Index Transmission Line
KW - Tunnel Diode
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U2 - 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259607
DO - 10.1109/MWSYM.2012.6259607
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84866777531
SN - 9781467310871
T3 - IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest
BT - IMS 2012 - 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium
T2 - 2012 IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium, IMS 2012
Y2 - 17 June 2012 through 22 June 2012
ER -