Title : 
Multiconductor Transmission Lines in Inhomogeneous Bi-Anisotropic Media
         
        
            Author : 
Kaifas, Theodoros N. ; Sahalos, John N.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
         
        
        
        
        
            fDate : 
3/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
An analysis method for multiconductor transmission lines embedded in inhomogeneous bi-anisotropic media is presented. The Maxwell-Boffi equations, accompanied by the Maxwell-Minkowski ones, are expressed as Taylor series of the operating frequency where the zeroth- and first-order terms are retained. The reduced problem is solved using the potential formulation through the static 2-D free-space Green´s function. The method of moments is employed to numerically solve the set of quasi-TEM integral equations, to produce the Telegrapher´s equations, and to derive the circuit parameters in matrix form. The procedure is augmented by providing in closed form the field-coupling integrals.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Maxwell equations; anisotropic media; inhomogeneous media; integral equations; method of moments; multiconductor transmission lines; Maxwell-Boffi equations; Taylor series; Telegrapher´s equations; free-space Green´s function; inhomogeneous Bi-anisotropic media; method-of-moments; multiconductor transmission lines; Bi-anisotropic media; multiconductor transmission lines; quasi-TEM theory;
         
        
        
            Journal_Title : 
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
         
        
        
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/TMTT.2008.916866