The purpose of this thesis is to design a negative impedance converter (NIC) such that it functions as a load to a microstrip transmission line. Like other transmission lines, the performance of the microstrip depends on its load impedance which determines the reflection of a wave traveling along the line at the load. The wave characteristics of the microstrip for a traditional---positive---load impedance, a short circuit, and an open circuit are already known. However, the predictability of the performance of a microstrip with negative load impedance is not well understood.;In order to observe the behavior of a microstrip with a negative load impedance, an electronic device must be designed, built, implemented, and integrated to the microstrip. In this thesis, a theoretical model of a NIC will be simulated with a microstrip such that it behaves as its load impedance. Since microstrip lines are generally observed at high frequencies, the NIC must be designed to optimally perform at the desired frequency bandwidth of interest, in this case C-band (6-8 GHz).;A technique called de-embedding will be used to attach the NIC to a microstrip line. This process will detail how the NIC affects the microstrip's performance. The means of how it will be done is through the Thru-Reflect-Line (TRL) calibration technique. The microstrip will be modeled such that it will be de-embedded using the calibration technique. In addition, a parameter study will be performed to characterize the behavior of the microstrip with a NIC.
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