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Design, Analysis and Related Applications of Shunt Varactor Loaded Reconfigurable Metamaterial Transmission Lines
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY • 2009
Publication Information
Authors
Omar F. Siddiqui, Ashraf S. Mohra, and Majeed A. Alkanhal
Keywords
Left handed transmission line,
Varactors, Tunable Power divider, tunable phase
shifter.
Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY
Publisher
Not Available
Volume
4
Issue
5
Pages
283-292
publication.type
International
Paper Link
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Supplementary Materials
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Abstract
The paper outlines theory and practical
applications of shunt varactor loaded metamaterial
lines. The traditional metamaterial line is loaded
with an additional shunt varactor to get tunable
band-pass characteristics. Design equations are
developed to synthesize a generalized metamaterial
line with arbitrary impedance, phase, and bandpass
response characteristics. To illustrate the
concept, two compact reconfigurable microwave
devices including a Wilkinson power divider with a
tunable band-pass response and a tunable phase
shifter were designed and fabricated.
applications of shunt varactor loaded metamaterial
lines. The traditional metamaterial line is loaded
with an additional shunt varactor to get tunable
band-pass characteristics. Design equations are
developed to synthesize a generalized metamaterial
line with arbitrary impedance, phase, and bandpass
response characteristics. To illustrate the
concept, two compact reconfigurable microwave
devices including a Wilkinson power divider with a
tunable band-pass response and a tunable phase
shifter were designed and fabricated.