Patent Document ID: 8451072
Application ID: 12525583
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of providing a meta-material substrate design for supporting a signal line comprising: providing a target meta-material impedance, the meta-material impedance representing that of the meta-material substrate and forming a portion of the overall impedance for the signal line formed on the meta-material substrate; providing a first equivalent circuit for the meta-material substrate; inputting into the first equivalent circuit a parameter relating to at least one of a pre-determined physical characteristic of the meta-material substrate, the target meta-material impedance, and a pre-determined electrical property of the meta-material substrate; determining from the first equivalent circuit in dependence upon at least the input pre-determined physical characteristic at least one other physical characteristic of the meta-material substrate; providing output design data relating to the pre-determined physical characteristic and the other physical characteristics of the meta-material substrate; and manufacturing the meta-material substrate in dependence upon the at least one other physical characteristics of the meta-material substrate.