Characterization of uniform microstrip line and its discontinuities using the time-domain method of lines

Author

Nam, S. ; Ling, Hao ; Itoh, Tatsuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA

Volume

37

Issue

12

fYear

1989

fDate

12/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2051

Lastpage

2057

Abstract

The general formulation and the procedure of the time-domain method of lines (TDML) for the analysis of wave scattering and propagation in a planar circuit are described. It is shown that the TDML can be extended to three-dimensional problems. From the time-domain results, the frequency-domain characteristics for a wide range of frequencies can be found by the Fourier transform. The time-domain results and the derived frequency-domain characteristics for the uniform microstrip line and its several discontinuities (step, open-end, and gap) are presented

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; guided electromagnetic wave propagation; strip lines; time-domain analysis; waveguide theory; Fourier transform; discontinuities; frequency-domain characteristics; gap; lines method; open-end; planar circuit; propagation; step; three-dimensional problems; time-domain method; uniform microstrip line; wave scattering; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency domain analysis; Magnetic resonance; Microstrip; Microwave circuits; Planar transmission lines; Scattering; Space technology; Time domain analysis; Transmission line discontinuities;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.44121

Filename

44121