One example includes a clock distribution system. The system includes a resonator feed network comprising a plurality of resonant transmission lines that each propagate a clock signal. The system also includes at least one resonator spine. Each of the at least one resonator spine can be conductively coupled to at least one of the resonant transmission lines, such that each of the at least one resonator spine propagates the clock signal. The system further includes at least one resonator rib conductively coupled to at least one of the at least one resonator spine. Each of the at least one resonator rib can be arranged as a standing wave resonator to propagate the clock signal.

A method of configuring a metamaterial structure comprising a plurality of electrical resonators (110) that support magnetoinductive waves is disclosed. The method comprises: powering at least one of the electrical resonators (110) with an alternating current at an excitation frequency, the at least one powered electrical resonator providing a source of magnetoinductive waves in the structure; adjusting parameters of the metamaterial structure to create constructive interference of one- two- or three-dimensional magnetoinductive waves at one or more target resonators of the electrical resonators (110), to improve power transfer from the at least one powered electrical resonator to the one or more target resonators (110).

A filter device includes a transmission line formed by an electrically conducting strip printed on a surface of an electrically insulating substrate, the conducting strip having two ends respectively forming the two sole input and output connection ports of the filter device, and a plurality of resonators, each resonator including an electrically conducting strip printed on the surface of the substrate. The conducting strip of each resonator has a first end coupled to the transmission line and at least one second end that is free or connected to a ground so as to create an effective fundamental resonant wavelength specific to each resonator. For each pair of neighbouring resonators of the plurality of resonators, the distance between the first ends of the two neighbouring resonators is less than one tenth of the smallest effective fundamental resonant wavelength of the plurality of resonators.

Provided is a dual-band resonator which can be downsized further than conventional ones. A dual-band resonator is provided with a first conductor and a second conductor. The first conductor is configured to be folded at a first folding part at the center so that both extensions are in a prescribed direction and adjacent to one another with a prescribed space therebetween, wherein a conductor part closer to one end side than the first folding part and a conductor part closer to the other end side than the first folding part are further folded at second folding parts between the one end and the first folding part and between the other end and the first folding part, respectively, in a direction in which the one end and the other end are apart from each other. The second conductor extends in a prescribed direction contiguously to the first folding part of the first conductor. The first conductor constitutes a half-wavelength resonator, and odd-mode resonance occurs in the first conductor. The first conductor and the second conductor constitute a half-wavelength resonator, and even-mode resonance occurs in the first conductor and the second conductor.

An electromagnetic bandgap structure includes a plurality of resonators. Each of the resonators includes a dielectric substrate, a patch conductor formed on an upper surface of the dielectric substrate, and a conductor layer formed on a lower surface of the dielectric substrate. The patch conductor and the conductor layer are electrically connected to each other by via holes penetrating the dielectric substrate. A plurality of long holes and are formed on the lower surface of the dielectric substrate. A long hole conductor layer is formed on an inner wall surface of the long holes and. The conductor layer and the long hole conductor layer are electrically connected to each other to thereby form an integral conductor surface. The via holes are electrically connected to the conductor surface in the long holes and.

A ring resonator based T-shaped duplexer for use in communication systems, the T-shaped duplexer comprising a T-shaped microstrip duplexer body having a first rectangular-shaped body section and a second rectangular-shaped body section that extends from the first-rectangular shaped section in a perpendicular position relative to the first rectangular-shaped section, three connection ports including a first connection port disposed at an open end of the second rectangular-shaped body section, a second connection port disposed at one end of the first rectangular-shaped body section, and a third connection port disposed at another end of the first rectangular-shaped body section, and two bandpass filters, each bandpass filter comprising a ring resonator structure having a circular shape, an outer edge of the ring resonator structure being connected to the first rectangular-shaped body section of the T-shaped microstrip duplexer body, wherein each of the two bandpass filters creates an Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) window within a frequency absorption region of the bandpass filter to allow a signal to pass at a pre-tuned frequency band.

A ring resonator based T-shaped duplexer for use in communication systems, the T-shaped duplexer comprising a T-shaped microstrip duplexer body having a first rectangular-shaped body section and a second rectangular-shaped body section that extends from the first-rectangular shaped section in a perpendicular position relative to the first rectangular-shaped section, three connection ports including a first connection port disposed at an open end of the second rectangular-shaped body section, a second connection port disposed at one end of the first rectangular-shaped body section, and a third connection port disposed at another end of the first rectangular-shaped body section, and two bandpass filters, each bandpass filter comprising a ring resonator structure having a circular shape, an outer edge of the ring resonator structure being connected to the first rectangular-shaped body section of the T-shaped microstrip duplexer body, wherein each of the two bandpass filters creates an Electromagnetically Induced Transparency (EIT) window within a frequency absorption region of the bandpass filter to allow a signal to pass at a pre-tuned frequency band.

A wireless sensor for detection or measurement of at least one specific component present in a gaseous or liquid mixture, the gas sensor including at least one sensor cell, having a high-electron-mobility transistor having a source and a drain with a gate intercalated between source and drain. The at least one sensor cell having a high-electron-mobility transistor is associated with at least one split-ring resonator with at least one respective slit and connected between, on the one hand, the drain and on the other hand, the gate or the source of the at least one sensor cell, the sensor detecting a change in the intensity or the frequency of resonance as a function of the presence and/or of the concentration of the at least one specific component in the gaseous or liquid mixture.

A system for tracking diet and nutrition includes an oral module configured to be affixed within a mouth of a user and including a set of salivary sensors responsive to a level of at least one nutrient. The system also includes a set of eating event sensors responsive to an eating event. The set of eating event sensors can be included in the oral module, or can be included in a body module configured to be affixed adjacent to a body part of the user.

Provided is a filter capable of suppressing variation in characteristics. A filter has: a plurality of resonators each having a via electrode and a first strip line that is opposed to a first shielding conductor and connected to one end of the via electrode; a first coupling capacitive electrode that has a first comb-shaped electrode including a plurality of first electrodes and that is provided to the first resonator; and a second coupling capacitive electrode that is provided to the second resonator, that has a second comb-shaped electrode including a plurality of second electrodes, and that is formed on the same layer as that of the first coupling capacitive electrode, wherein the first and second electrodes are arranged so as to be adjacent to each other.