Title :
Leaky mode missing from EM simulators for planar circuits
Author :
Tsuji, M. ; Shigesawa, H.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Doshisha Univ., Kyoto, Japan
Abstract :
Most commercial EM simulators offer us solutions satisfactorily only for the purely bound mode at low frequencies. If we continue to seek modal solutions at high frequencies above a critical frequency, the existing modes become leaky modes. Indeed, they are meaningful only mathematically, but they influence strongly the performance of MIC and MMIC under a right condition. Therefore, this paper discusses whether a commercial EM simulator is practically useful for designing transmission lines and circuits in millimeter-wave range.
Keywords :
MIMIC; circuit simulation; integrated circuit modelling; millimetre wave integrated circuits; EM simulators; MIC; MMIC; leaky mode; millimeter-wave range; modal solutions; planar circuits; transmission lines; Circuit simulation; Distributed parameter circuits; Frequency; H infinity control; MMICs; Microwave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave technology; Packaging; Power transmission lines;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7695-1
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1212459
