Multilayered metamaterials for Silicon MMIC applications

Author

Curtis, Philip D. ; Peng, Ying ; Tong, Wei ; Hu, Zhirun

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Manchester, Manchester

fYear

2008

fDate

5-11 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A multilayered fully integrated left-handed coplanar waveguide metamaterial medium for high resistivity Silicon MMIC applications is presented for the first time. The left-handedness of the structure is validated by full wave simulation and measurement results, showing left-handed bandwidth from 2.8 GHz to 15.26 GHz. The reported multilayered structure consists of six left-handed unit cells and has a size of 1.81 mm². The super compactness of the structure makes this multilayer technique well suited to RF/microwave MMIC fabrication.

Keywords

MMIC; coplanar waveguides; electrical resistivity; elemental semiconductors; metamaterials; multilayers; silicon; RF/microwave MMIC fabrication; Si; frequency 2.8 GHz to 15.26 GHz; full wave simulation; high resistivity silicon MMIC applications; integrated left-handed coplanar waveguide; left-handed bandwidth; left-handedness; multilayered metamaterials; super compactness; Bandwidth; Conductivity; Coplanar waveguides; Fabrication; MMICs; Metamaterials; Microwave theory and techniques; Nonhomogeneous media; Radio frequency; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2008. AP-S 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2041-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2042-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2008.4619596

Filename

4619596