A rigorous analysis of the higher order modes and attenuation of stripline of arbitrary dimensions

A rigorous and computationally efficient analysis for stripline of arbitrary dimensions based on the transverse resonance diffraction technique is presented. Calculated higher-order-mode cutoff frequencies show excellent agreement, and the calculated attenuation factor shows good agreement with measured values. The calculated values are more accurate than predictions from numerical or analytical techniques. With the approach considered here, considerably less time is required to compute the data, and the algorithm can be programmed on a desktop computer.<>