Highly isotropic, low loss epsilon negative (ENG) unit cells at UHF frequencies

Pascal D. Imhof, Richard W. Ziolkowski, Juan R. Mosig

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Abstract

A comparison between realistic metamaterial (MTM) structures and theoretical, well-established dispersive material models, which predict the frequency dependence of the permittivity and the permeability, is performed in the present work. A number of highly subwavelength unit cells are analyzed that could potentially be used to achieve the epsilon-negative (ENG) parameters desired for the antenna applications studied in [1-4]. This presentation will give the effective permittivities and permeabilities of several simulated and measured ENG slabs and ENG cubical structures. For each of these classes of MTMs, it will be explained how the real and imaginary parts of the effective permittivities and permeabilities vary with frequency, how they are related to each other, and how low losses can be achieved. Several RF circuit-based and lumped element implementations to achieve the ε and μ values required for MTM-based efficient electrically small antenna systems have also been considered; those results will be shown in the presentation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
Subtitle of host publicationEuCAP 2006
StatePublished - Oct 2006
EventEuropean Conference on Antennas and Propagation: EuCAP 2006 - Nice, France
Duration: Nov 6 2006Nov 10 2006

Publication series

NameEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Volume626 SP
ISSN (Print)0379-6566

Other

OtherEuropean Conference on Antennas and Propagation: EuCAP 2006
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityNice
Period11/6/0611/10/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • Space and Planetary Science

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