A scattering-type transverse resonance formulation and its application to open, conductor-backed and shielded slotline (M) MIC structures

Author

Bornemann, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Victoria Univ., BC, Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

10-14 July 1991

Firstpage

695

Abstract

A novel formulation of the transverse resonance technique is introduced and applied to the propagation characteristics calculation of MIC (microwave integrated circuit) and MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) slotline configurations. By utilizing a scattering-type representation of the transverse discontinuities involved, the influences of different boundary conditions as required for conductor-backed, shielded or even open structures can be easily incorporated. The computed results obtained with this method are found to be in excellent agreement with measurements as well as with previously published theoretical data on fundamental and higher-order mode characteristics. The software is operational on 386-compatible workstations.<>

Keywords

MMIC; guided electromagnetic wave propagation; microwave integrated circuits; MIC structures; MMIC; boundary conditions; conductor-backed; monolithic microwave integrated circuit; open slotline; propagation characteristics; scattering-type representation; shielded slotline; transverse discontinuities; transverse resonance formulation; Boundary conditions; Integrated circuit measurements; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Microwave propagation; Microwave theory and techniques; Monolithic integrated circuits; Resonance; Scattering; Slotline;

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.1991.147098

Filename

147098