Nonreciprocal Phase-Shift Composite Right/Left Handed Transmission Lines and Their Application to Leaky Wave Antennas

A new type of nonreciprocal phase-shift transmission line is proposed; it realizes the dominant right-handed mode in one direction of the power flow along the line, and the dominant left-handed mode in the opposite power direction. These right and left handed modes can have the same wave number vect...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on antennas and propagation 2009-07, Vol.57 (7), p.1995-2005
Main Authors: Ueda, T., Horikawa, K., Akiyama, M., Tsutsumi, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antennas
Applied sciences
Coupling circuits
Distributed parameter circuits
Equivalent circuits
Exact sciences and technology
Ferrite
Ferrites
Frequency
Joining
Leaky wave antennas
Leaky waves
Load flow
metamaterials
Microstrip
Microstrip lines
nonreciprocal wave propagation
periodic structures
Power transmission lines
Radiocommunications
Space technology
Telecommunications
Telecommunications and information theory
Transmission lines
Wavelengths
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Summary:A new type of nonreciprocal phase-shift transmission line is proposed; it realizes the dominant right-handed mode in one direction of the power flow along the line, and the dominant left-handed mode in the opposite power direction. These right and left handed modes can have the same wave number vector at a specific frequency but there is no significant coupling effect. An equivalent circuit model is provided to explain its nonreciprocal transmission characteristics. A nonreciprocal phase-shift composite right/left handed transmission line is designed to satisfy specific performance parameters and fabricated as a ferrite microstrip line. The leaky wave radiation characteristics of the fabricated nonreciprocal line are investigated. An experiment and analyses confirm obliquely unidirectional leaky wave radiation from the line for the two different directions of the transmitted power.
ISSN:0018-926X
1558-2221
DOI:10.1109/TAP.2009.2021889