Title :
Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines Based on Conductor-Backed Coplanar Strips for Antenna Application
Author :
Goto, Rei ; Deguchi, Hiroyuki ; Tsuji, Mikio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Doshisha Univ., Kyotanabe
Abstract :
This paper proposes a leaky-wave antenna constructed by a composite right/left transmission line (CRLH-TL) based on conductor-backed coplanar strips. This CRLH-TL does not need via for realizing a shunt inductor and also can easily satisfy the balanced condition required for antenna application. As an example, the authors design the antenna at the X band and verify its usefulness numerically and experimentally
Keywords :
composite materials; coplanar waveguides; leaky wave antennas; metamaterials; microwave antennas; strip lines; 8 to 12 GHz; X band; antenna application; composite right/left-handed transmission lines; conductor-backed coplanar strips; leaky-wave antenna; left-handed media; shunt inductor; Attenuation; Coplanar transmission lines; Finite difference methods; Frequency; Inductors; Leaky wave antennas; Shunt (electrical); Strips; Transmission line antennas; Transmission line theory; balanced condition; coplanar strips; leaky-wave antenna; left-handed media; metamaterial;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2006. 36th European
Conference_Location :
Manchester
Print_ISBN :
2-9600551-6-0
DOI :
10.1109/EUMC.2006.281102
