Compact cavity resonators using high impedance surfaces

摘要

This paper presents a miniaturization concept for cavity resonators. The idea is to create a λ/4 long cavity resonator by using a combination of Perfect Electric Conductor (PEC) and Perfect Magnetic Conductor (PMC) boundary conditions. Reducing by half the length and width of a metallic cavity resonator and placing PMC boundary conditions on two adjacent side walls allows the resonance of a λ/4 mode inside the hybrid cavity resonator, at the same frequency as the λ/2 long metallic one. The practical implementation of the PMC boundary condition is realized by using High Impedance Surfaces (HIS). The design of the surfaces is realized at the element level and is implemented on standard microwave substrate. Measurements demonstrate a cavity resonator operating at 4 GHz with half the length and width of a metallic cavity resonator, meanwhile its volume is divided by four.