Title :
Modeling of arbitrarily shaped signal lines and discontinuities
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
fDate :
6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The propagation characteristics of signal lines and discontinuities embedded in a homogeneous medium, having any shape composed of steps along the Cartesian coordinates, are obtained through an extension of the author´s previous work (1986) on scattering from periodic apertures. The approach is specifically applied to high-performance computer packages, where previously used capacitance and inductance techniques may not be appropriate. Numerical results are given for representative structures that involve signal lines, mesh planes, vias, and crossing and coupled lines
Keywords :
guided electromagnetic wave propagation; transmission line theory; Cartesian coordinates; arbitrarily shaped signal lines; capacitance; discontinuities; high-performance computer packages; homogeneous medium; inductance; mesh planes; periodic apertures; representative structures; signal lines; vias; Bandwidth; Detectors; Dielectric devices; Frequency; Interference; Low pass filters; Reflection; Signal resolution; Surface acoustic waves; Waveguide discontinuities;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on