Forward coupling phenomena between artificial left-handed transmission lines
- 21 October 2002
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 92 (9) , 5560-5565
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1512682
Abstract
Coupling phenomena between artificial left-handed (LH) transmission lines are explored on the basis of a transmission line approach of LH materials. A LH forward coupler in the form of an ideal lumped-element ladder network is presented and is shown to exhibit strong forward coupling that increases with decreasing of frequency. A quasi-lumped element microstrip implementation of a LH coupler is proposed. It is demonstrated that this coupler requires a shorter coupling length in comparison with the conventional right-handed coupled-line forward couplers, and hence makes the device much more compact.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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