Title :
Miniaturized MIM CRLH transmission line structure and application to backfire-to-endfire leaky-wave antenna
Author :
Kang, Minwook ; Caloz, Christophe ; Itoh, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel miniaturized metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line architecture has been proposed and demonstrated to exhibit an almost twofold reduction factor in size in comparison with a previously published interdigital CRLH structure. The MIM CRLH transmission line has been demonstrated as a backfire-to-endfire leaky-wave antenna with excellent scanning performance. The proposed antenna is to be fabricated in LTCC.
Keywords :
MIM devices; capacitors; ceramic packaging; leaky wave antennas; microwave antennas; 2.1 to 3.9 GHz; 3.9 to 5.9 GHz; CRLH transmission line structure; LTCC fabrication; MIM capacitor; antenna scanning performance; backfire-to-endfire leaky-wave antenna; composite right/left-handed transmission line; interdigital CRLH structure; Capacitance; Circuit simulation; Frequency; Inductors; Leaky wave antennas; MIM capacitors; Metamaterials; Microstrip; Shunt (electrical); Transmission line theory;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2004. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8302-8
DOI :
10.1109/APS.2004.1329798
