Full-wave loss analysis of normal- and superconducting transmission lines by hybrid-mode boundary integral equation method (MMICs)

Author

Schroeder, W. ; Wolff, I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Sonderforschungsbereich, Duisburg Univ., Germany

fYear

1991

fDate

10-14 July 1991

Firstpage

341

Abstract

The hybrid-mode boundary integral equation method is extended to full-wave analysis of arbitrary MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) transmission lines that incorporate superconductors and/or normal (imperfect) conductors and lossy dielectrics. The method is demonstrated for a thin-film microstrip line of small width. Attenuation and effective permittivity results for several configurations with Au and YBCO strips separated by medium and high permittivity films are compared. The advantages of the present approach are its ability to cope with arbitrary shielded or unshielded transmission line cross sections and its reliability owing to the elimination of the origin of spurious solutions.<>

Keywords

MMIC; boundary-value problems; high-temperature superconductors; integral equations; losses; strip line components; strip lines; superconducting devices; waveguide theory; Au; MMIC; YBaCuO strips; attenuation; boundary integral equation method; effective permittivity; full-wave loss analysis; hybrid-mode; lossy dielectrics; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; normal conductors; shielded line cross section; superconducting transmission lines; thin-film microstrip line; unshielded line cross section; Dielectric losses; Hybrid integrated circuits; Integral equations; MMICs; Microwave theory and techniques; Permittivity; Propagation losses; Superconducting integrated circuits; Superconducting microwave devices; Superconducting transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-87942-591-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147001

Filename

147001