Accurate Extraction of Equivalent Circuit Parameters of Spiral Resonators for the Design of Metamaterials

Spiral resonators (SRs) are one of the most common typologies of resonant magnetic unit cell for the realization of metamaterials. The precise knowledge of their lumped electric properties (<italic>RLC</italic> parameters) is of crucial importance in the metamaterial design. Thus, an accurate and unambiguous procedure for estimating the value of the <italic>RLC</italic> lumped parameters of compact SRs is introduced. The proposed procedure relies on a rigorous approach allowing a complete characterization of SRs also in terms of <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Q$ </tex-math></inline-formula>-factor. The method is general and valid for other shapes of resonators. The estimations have been finally verified by performing measurements on fabricated SRs through a magnetic probe.

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