Validity of non-physical RLGC models for simulating lossy transmission lines

Author

Kim, Woopoung ; Swaminathan, Madhavan

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

786

Abstract

A non-physical RLGC model for transmission lines is developed through the propagating wave behavior analysis. The non-physical RLGC model is different from the conventional RLGC model with physical RLGC values in the sense that it uses non-physical parameters. The parameters of the non-physical RLGC model are made up of frequency-dependent characteristic impedances and propagation constants. A lossy transmission line is simulated using the non-physical RLGC model. This has been compared with the transmission line equation (quasi-TEM assumption) and TDR measurements, which show good agreement.

Keywords

absorbing media; circuit simulation; electric impedance; electromagnetic wave propagation; transmission line theory; TDR measurements; frequency-dependent characteristic impedance; lossy transmission lines simulation; model parameters; nonphysical RLGC models; nonphysical parameters; propagating wave behavior analysis; propagation constants; quasi-TEM assumption; transmission line equation; Circuit simulation; Distributed parameter circuits; Equations; Frequency; Impedance; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Steady-state; Transmission lines; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2002.1018327

Filename

1018327