Abstract

We report the realization of an active composite right/left-handed (CRLH) metamaterial transmission line (TL) with gain. By employing the transistors in SiGe BiCMOS technology, an active CRLH TL has been realized exhibiting net gain, wideband and flat S-parameter characteristics. Effective electromagnetic parameters of the active CRLH TL, including complex propagation constant ?, effective permittivity ?eff, effective permeability ?eff and index of refraction n are extracted, which reveal the left handed properties of the active CRLH TL. The electric plasma frequency fpe and the magnetic plasma frequency fme are observed in the proposed TL.

Details

Title
Active Metamaterial Transmission Line with Gain in SiGe BiCMOS Technology
Author
Zhou, C X; Li, Yihu; Xiong, Y Z; W. Wu
Pages
551-554
Section
Articles
Publication year
2016
Publication date
2016
Publisher
River Publishers
ISSN
10544887
e-ISSN
19435711
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2908976321
Copyright
© 2016. This work is published under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.