Metamaterial: Theory, Analysis

and Design

Dr. Saughar Jarchi

IKIU
Email: saugharjarchi@gmail.com
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Dispersion compensation in
transmission lines

N. Engheta, R. W. Ziolkowski, “A positive

future for double-negative metamaterials”,
2005
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Modification of the propagation of signals

along a microstrip transmission line.
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𝐺 = 0.6 + 0.0009𝑍𝑐
𝑓𝑑 = 𝑍𝑐 /2𝜇0 ℎ
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𝑍𝑐 ≅ 1/2𝜋 𝜇0 /𝜀𝑒𝑠 𝜀0 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝐹1 ℎ/𝑤 + 1 + 2 ℎ/𝑤
𝐹1 = 6 + 2𝜋 − 6 𝑒𝑥𝑝 − 30.666ℎ/𝑤 0.7528
−𝑎𝑏
𝜀𝑒𝑠 ≅ 𝜀𝑟 + 1 /2 + 𝜀𝑟 − 1 /2 1 + 10 ℎ/𝑤
𝑎
𝑤 2
= 1 + 1/49 𝑙𝑜𝑔 𝑤/ℎ 4 + 52ℎ 4 + 0.432
𝑤
ℎ
3
+ 1/18.7 𝑙𝑜𝑔 1 + 1/18.1 𝑤/ℎ
0.053
0.9
𝑏 = 0.564 𝜀𝑟 − + 3.0
𝜀𝑟
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The goal is to design a MTM that can be included with the
microstrip line in some manner to make it dispersion less.

𝜇 𝑓 𝜀 𝑓
𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 𝑓 = = 𝜀𝑒𝑓𝑓 𝑓 + 𝜀𝑀𝑇𝑀 𝑓 1 + 𝜇𝑀𝑇𝑀 𝑓 =1
𝜇0 𝜀0
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𝜇 𝑓 𝜀 𝑓
𝑛𝑒𝑓𝑓 𝑓 = = 𝜀𝑒𝑓𝑓 𝑓 + 𝜀𝑀𝑇𝑀 𝑓 1 + 𝜇𝑀𝑇𝑀 𝑓 =1
𝜇0 𝜀0

The effective permittivity and permeability

of such an MTM should be negative.
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𝑓 = 10𝐺𝐻𝑧
𝑅𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑟 ′ 𝑠𝐷𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑑 5880
𝜀𝑟 = 2.2,
ℎ = 31𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑠,
𝑤 = 2.428𝑚𝑚

Complete dispersion compensation is theoretically

possible.
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C. Y. Cheng, R. W. Ziolkowski, “Tailoring double negative

metamaterial responses to achieve anomalous propagation
effects along microstrip transmission lines”, 2003

Design a double negative

metamaterial loaded transmission line

Phase and dispersion compensation

along a microstrip transmission line.
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