• International Journal of Contents
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.34-38
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• 2015

A band stop filter is proposed with cascading unit cells that are based on a dual composite right/left-handed (D-CRLH) conductorbacked coplanar waveguide. The parameters of the unit cell have been analyzed to confirm the behavior of each component for the equivalent circuit of the cell. We simulated the dispersion characteristics and energy distribution and have determined that the unit cell has a D-CRLH property. The band stop filter was implemented by symmetrically cascading two of the proposed unit cells. The experimental results for the band stop filter revealed a band rejection performance of 32 dB and a return loss of 0.35 dB in the stopband frequency range from 869MHz to 954MHz. Finally, we show that there is a good agreement in the experimental results and those obtained through the simulations.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제13권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2013

This paper presents a tunable bandpass filter based on the varactor-loaded composite right- and left-handed transmission line (CRLH-TL). The proposed filter is composed of one CRLH-TL unit cell, which corresponds to the third-order bandpass filter. The tunable bandpass filter is designed using only lumped-elements. The use of lumped elements saves space and lowers the fabrication cost. The size of the proposed tunable bandpass filter is $17mm{\times}5mm$, neglecting the feed lines and DC lines. All of the varactors are controlled by one DC bias. The center frequency of the bandpass filter can be controlled by varying the value of the varactors. The tunable range of the center frequency is from 412.5 to 670 MHz. The insertion loss is less than 3 dB, the return loss is more than 10 dB in the passband.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.9-13
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• 2017

In this work, a broadband composite right/left-handed (CRLH) half-mode substrate integrated waveguide (HMSIW) quadrature Wilkinson power divider is proposed. The proposed CRLH-HMSIW quadrature power divider includes a microstrip Wilkinson power divider on the transition structure between the microstrip and HMSIW, and two thru transmission lines for the HMSIW and the CRLH-HMSIW. The measured amplitude, phase difference and isolation between the two output ports of the proposed structure have 1 dB, ${\pm}5^{\circ}$ and less than -15 dB in a wide frequency range of 4.1-6.68 GHz with 47.9% bandwidth, respectively.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.371-375
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• 2013

The design of a new compact UWB bandpass filter is proposed, which has cascaded center-tapped microstrip composite right/left-handed transmission-line zeroth-order resonators (CRLH-TL ZORs). In an attempt to reduce the size, instead of the conventional half-wavelength resonators or periodic and multiple CRLH-TL cells, only one cell ZOR geometry is adopted as each resonator in the filter. Additionally, two center-tapped ZORs are coupled to increase the slope of the skirt. Besides, stepped impedance matching parts are placed in the paths to the input and output ports to enhance passband and stopband performances. The proposed filter is shown to have the overall size of $0.69{\lambda}_g{\times}0.70{\lambda}_g$, the insertion loss much less than 1 dB, and an acceptable return loss performance in the predicted and measured results.

• Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.31-36
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• 2015

The design of a new compact band-pass filter is proposed, which is based on the microstrip composite right- and left-handed transmission- line (CRLH-TL) structure. Particularly, the interdigital coupled (IDC) lines of the CRLH geometry are proposed to be parted by inserting open stubs to meet the specifications on the passband. In addition, there is another pair of stubs to complete the design in a limited space. These are considered in the TL-based analysis and the design parameters are calculated by genetic algorithm optimization. The measurement is shown to be acceptable and agreeable with the circuit and electromagnetic field simulations. In addition, the zerothorder resonance (ZOR) phenomenon is verified.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.997-1001
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• 2014

In this paper, the interference in small MIMO antennas having two identical composite right- and left-handed transmission-line(CRLH-TL)-based radiating elements is remarkably decreased. The radiating element has the broadside-capacitive coupling as well as slots to be equivalent to the CRLH-TL to prevent the size from increasing for an LTE high band. The suspended line bridging the two radiating elements is optimized to lower the interference between them down to -23 dB, while the overall MIMO antenna system is compact and its antenna performance is acceptable. The design is tested for 2.5 GHz.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권11호
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• pp.2242-2246
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• 2009

In this paper, a homogeneous dual composite right/left-handed (D-CRLH) transmission line (TL) is proposed by using a defected ground structure (DGS) on the ground plane. In order to satisfy a homogeneity condition of metamaterial, a subwavelength unit cell is designed by way of a spiral DGS and a meander stub. From a dispersion diagram, it is expected that the frequency bands for the left-handed (LH) property is 3.5 - 4.4 GHz. At 3.8 GHz in the LH band, backward propagating phenomenon is observed from full-wave analysis. The experimental results show that the proposed TL has a stop-band in 1.75 - 3.6 GHz.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.1050-1055
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• 2018

In this paper, we analyzed the sensitivity of matching elements for the dual-band operation of a power amplifier with composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission lines. Metamaterial theory enables CRLH transmission to support arbitrary impedance matching at dual frequencies. In general, at sub-GHz range, the CRLH matching networks are commonly implemented with lumped elements, which are prone to manufacturing distribution. In order to reduce the effect from the distribution of element values in design, we suggest a method to analyze the sensitivity of matching elements from the performance aspect of power amplifiers. Based on the analysis, a 40dBm dual-band power amplifier operating at 0.7GHz and 1.5GHz is designed.

• 한국정보전자통신기술학회논문지
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.39-45
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 무한 파장 특성을 나타내는 CRLH 전송선로 구조의 전력분배기를 사용한 $3{\times}2$ 소자의 마이크로스트립 패치 배열 안테나를 제안하였다. 제안된 안테나의 단위 셀은 인터디지트 형태의 직렬 커패시터와 접지면과 비아를 통하여 연결되어진 미엔더 선로 형태의 병렬 인덕터로 구성되었다. 6개의 포트를 갖으며 총 19개의 셀들로 구성되어진 메타 전송선로 형태의 전력 분배기는 무한파장 특성을 나타내는 주파수에서 각 포트 당 최대 0.73 dB의 진폭의 차이 및 0.52도의 위상 차이를 나타내었다. 제작된 안테나의 성능을 측정한 결과 중심주파수 2.09 GHz에서 10.98 dBi의 높은 이득을 나타내었다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.194-200
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• 2009

본 논문은 병렬 캐패시터와 고 임피던스 선로 그리고 CRLH-TLs (Composite Right/Left-Handed Transmission Lines)을 이용한 소형화와 대역폭 확장을 한 링 하이브리드 커플러 설계에 대한 것이다. 소형화를 위해 전송 선로의 길이를 줄이는 방법은 전송선로를 고 임피던스 선로와 병렬 캐패시터로 대체하였고, 또한 대역폭 향상을 위해서는 직렬 캐패시터와 병렬 인덕터로 구성된 CRLH 매타 재질의 비선형적인 위상특성을 이용하였다. 이렇게 제작된 링 하이브리드 커플러는 기존 커플러와 비교해서 크기는 10% 이하로 줄였으며, 대역폭은 60% 이상 확장되었음을 제시하였다.