Capacitively and inductively loaded CPW resonators have been studied It has
been shown that the proposed resonators can be used to achieve a slow-wave
effect without occupying extra surface area. The resonators also have a go
od performance as compared with the conventional half-wavelength CPW resona
tor. Moreover the variation in the number of fingers for the capacitively l
oaded CPW has some influence on the resonance frequency, whereas the variat
ion in the number of strips in the inductive CPW has no influence on both t
he resonance frequency and the performance. (C) 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc
.