A thin-film multilayered electrode has a dielectric substrate; a ground
conductor provided on a back surface of the dielectric substrate; and a
plurality of thin-film conductive layers and dielectric layers alternately
stacked on a front surface of the dielectric substrate. In one example,
the ground conductor, one of the thin-film conductive layers in contact
with the dielectric substrate and the dielectric substrate interposed
therebetween form a TEM mode principal transmission line, and each
thin-film dielectric layer and a pair of thin-film conductive layers
sandwiching the thin-film dielectric layer form a TEM mode
sub-transmission line. A thickness and a dielectric constant of each
thin-film dielectric layer is set such that phase velocities of TEM waves
which propagate through the TEM mode principal transmission line and the
TEM mode sub-transmission lines are substantially identical with each
other. A thickness of each thin-film conductive layer is set at a
predetermined value which is smaller than a skin depth at a predetermined
operating frequency such that electromagnetic fields between the TEM mode
principal transmission line and its adjacent TEM mode sub-transmission
line, and between each adjacent pair of TEM mode sub-transmission lines,
are coupled with each other. At least one of the thin-film dielectric
layers which is closest to the dielectric substrate has a thickness
greater than that of the other thin-film dielectric layers.