Decoupling the multiconductor transmission line equations

Author

Paul, Clayton R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA

Volume

44

Issue

8

fYear

1996

fDate

8/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1429

Lastpage

1440

Abstract

A comprehensive discussion is presented of the method of decoupling the multiconductor transmission line (MTL) equations by the method of transformation of the voltages and currents to mode voltages and currents in order to obtain their general solution. Various ways of defining and obtaining the transformations are shown which serve to connect the myriad of such definitions and also point out where inconsistencies in those definitions can result. Structures for which the decoupling is assured are also discussed. The MTL equations to be decoupled are in the frequency domain, and extensions to their applicability in the time-domain are shown

Keywords

frequency-domain analysis; time-domain analysis; transmission line matrix methods; decoupling; frequency domain; mode currents; mode voltages; multiconductor transmission line equations; time-domain; transformation; Conductors; Couplings; Equations; Frequency domain analysis; Inductance; Multiconductor transmission lines; Nonhomogeneous media; Symmetric matrices; Transmission line matrix methods; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.536026

Filename

536026