Using of transmission line matrix method and mode matching approach for simulation of MMICs

Author

Lukashevich, D. ; Broido, B. ; Russer, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Technische Univ. Munchen, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

993

Abstract

The exact modelling of the properties of transmission line structures in microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) requires full-wave modelling of the electromagnetic field in the semiconductor and insulator regions as well as within the conductors. The transverse dimensions of the transmission structures at the frequency above 10 GHz are comparable to the skin depth. Therefore the accurate simulation of the electromagnetic field inside the conductors is necessary. In this paper we combine the transmission line matrix (TLM) and mode matching (MM) methods for full-wave analysis of transmission lines and discontinuities in MMICs.

Keywords

MMIC; electromagnetic fields; integrated circuit interconnections; integrated circuit modelling; mode matching; transmission line matrix methods; Damascene technology; MMIC simulation; TLM method; conductors; electromagnetic field; full-wave analysis; full-wave modelling; insulator regions; internal EM field simulation; microwave monolithic ICs; mode matching approach; semiconductor regions; transmission line discontinuities; transmission line matrix method; transmission line structures; Circuit simulation; Conductors; Distributed parameter circuits; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Insulation; Integrated circuit modeling; MMICs; Monolithic integrated circuits; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Philadelphia, PA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7695-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1212536

Filename

1212536