Theoretical and experimental study of microstrip-to-slot line uniplanar transition

Author

Jong-Gwan Yook ; Dib, N. ; Katehi, P.B. ; Simons, R.N. ; Taub, S.R.

Author_Institution

Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

20-24 June 1994

Firstpage

1206

Abstract

Recent advances in MMIC technology makes it possible to construct transitions from CPW-to-microstrip with via hole, microstrip-to-slot line and microshield line-to-CPW all of which have potential applications in the feed network of antennas. In this study we investigated the characteristics of the microstrip-to-slot line uniplanar transition using the finite element method (FEM) and finite difference time domain (FDTD) technique, and compared the theoretical results with the measurements. In both cases, the results agree with the measurements within a few percent.<>

Keywords

MMIC; S-parameters; antenna feeds; finite difference time-domain analysis; finite element analysis; microstrip lines; slot lines; MMIC technology; antennas; feed network; finite difference time domain technique; finite element method; microstrip-to-slot line uniplanar transition; scattering parameters; Antenna measurements; Finite difference methods; Finite element methods; Geometry; Maxwell equations; Microstrip; Sparse matrices; Symmetric matrices; Time domain analysis; Transmission line matrix methods;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 1994. AP-S. Digest

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2009-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.1994.407873

Filename

407873