Automated design and sensitivity of CRLH balanced structures using co-design approach

Abstract : A fully automated tool for designing CRLH structures using a co-design synthesis computational approach is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The co-design approach uses a computation tool and an electromagnetic simulation tool to synthesize, simulate and optimize a balanced CRLH transmission line. The sensitivity of long balanced transmission line is shown and controlled by the use of a 3D simulator during the process. A 12 UC CRLH transmission line is finally designed with this approach.