The hybrid TLM-MM approach for simulation of MMICs

Author

Lukashevich, Dzianis ; Broido, Borys ; Pfost, Martin ; Russer, Peter

Author_Institution

Inst. fur Hochfrequenztech., Technische Univ. Munchen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

7-9 Oct. 2003

Firstpage

339

Abstract

The design of microwave monolithic integrated circuits (MMICs) requires the exact full-wave modelling of the electromagnetic field in the semiconductor and insulator regions as well as within the conductor layers. The transverse dimensions of the transmission structures in modern MMICs at frequencies above 10 GHz are comparable to the skin depth. Therefore, an accurate simulation of the electromagnetic field inside the conductors is necessary. The usage of conventional simulation tools is not always efficient. In this paper for full-wave analysis of transmission lines and discontinuities realized in damascene technology we propose the effective hybrid TLM-MM approach.

Keywords

MMIC; S-parameters; computational electromagnetics; coplanar waveguides; electromagnetic field theory; mode matching; skin effect; time-frequency analysis; transmission line matrix methods; waveguide discontinuities; waveguide theory; MMIC design; damascene technology; discontinuities; electromagnetic field; exact full-wave modelling; homogeneous coplanar waveguide structures; hybrid TLM-MM approach; hybrid time-frequency technique; mode matching method; planar circuit design; skin depth; transmission line matrix method; transmission structures; Circuit simulation; Conductors; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic modeling; Frequency; Insulation; Integrated circuit modeling; MMICs; Monolithic integrated circuits; Skin;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2003. 33rd European

Print_ISBN

1-58053-834-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMC.2003.1262288

Filename

1262288