Substrate integrated waveguide loaded by 3-dimensional embedded split ring resonators

A substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) loaded by three-dimensional embedded split ring resonators (3-DESRRs) is discussed theoretically and experimentally. The 3-DESRR structure which has proved to be an alternative magnetic metamaterial resonator for SIW structures is able to provide negative transversal eywords: ubstrate integrated waveguide (SIW) hree-dimensional embedded split ring esonators (3-DESRRs) ransmission line (TL) etamaterial (MTM) permeability if excited properly. The 3-DESRR loaded SIW shows a bandpass-like response as an effect of loading the 3-DESRRs in the SIW. The lower and upper band edges of the resulting transmission line (TL) are determined by the SIW cutoff (fc) and the resonance frequency of the 3-DESRRs, respectively. Finally, a prototype of the proposed 3-DESRR loaded SIW TL is fabricated and tested. The measured results are in good agreement with those obtained by theory and simulation. © 2014 Elsevier GmbH. All rights reserved.