Full-Wave Analysis and Applications of EBG Waveguides Periodically Loaded with Metal Ridges

Author

Marini, Stephan ; Coves, A. ; Taroncher, Máiriam ; Boria, Vicente E. ; Gimeno, Benito

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Syst. Eng. & Signal Theor., Univ. of Alicante, Alicante

fYear

2009

fDate

19-20 Feb. 2009

Firstpage

87

Lastpage

90

Abstract

In this paper, a fast and accurate full-wave analysis tool of passive structures based on Electromagnetic-Bandgap (EBG) waveguides periodically loaded with metal ridges is proposed. For this purpose, a very efficient Integral Equation (IE) technique is followed to model the planar steps involving arbitrary waveguides. The well-known boundary integral-resonant mode expansion (BI-RME) method is used to obtain the modal chart of the ridged waveguides. In order to show the advantages of this tool, a periodically loaded E-plane filter with improved stopband performance is analyzed and compared to standard implementation. Dispersion relations are also derived and used as guidelines for designing an EBG fifth-order low-pass filter.

Keywords

boundary integral equations; dispersion relations; low-pass filters; modal analysis; photonic band gap; resonator filters; ridge waveguides; waveguide filters; E-plane filter; EBG fifth-order low-pass filter; EBG waveguide; arbitrary waveguide; boundary integral-resonant mode expansion method; dispersion relation; electromagnetic bandgap; full-wave analysis; integral equation technique; metal ridges; modal chart; resonator periodic filter; ridged waveguide filter; stopband performance; Dispersion; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic waveguides; Integral equations; Loaded waveguides; Low pass filters; Metamaterials; Performance analysis; Periodic structures; Planar waveguides; Electromagnetic bandgap (EBG); Integral equations; Modal analysis; periodic ridged waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Signal Integrity and High-Speed Interconnects, 2009. IMWS 2009. IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Workshop Series on

Conference_Location

Guadalajara

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2742-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2743-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS.2009.4814915

Filename

4814915