A high frequency resonator circuit and method of fabrication is described which has a resonant frequency independent of physical resonator dimensions. The resonator operates in a zeroeth-order mode on a composite right/left-handed (CRLH) transmission line (TL). The LH wave properties of the CRLH-TL contributing anti-parallel phase and group velocities. In one variation, the unit cells are formed from microstrip techniques, preferably creating alternating interdigitated capacitors and stub inductors. The resonant wavelength of the resonator is dependent on the electrical characteristics of the unit cells and not the physical size of the resonator in relation to the desired resonant wavelength. The resonator is created with at least 1.5 unit cells and the Q of the resonator is substantially independent of the number of unit cells utilized. The resonator circuit is particularly well suited for reducing resonator size, and allows resonators of various wavelengths to be fabricated within a fixed board area.