Title :
The effect of the ground plane incorporated into layers on multilayer CBCPW lines, lumped elements and circuit for a compact MCM
Author :
Samanta, K.K. ; Robertson, I.D.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microwave & Photonics, Univ. of Leeds, Leeds, UK
fDate :
Sept. 29 2009-Oct. 1 2009
Abstract :
This paper investigates the effect of embedding the ground plane of conductor-backed CPW lines and lumped elements in the lower layers of a multilayer substrate. This is of interest for realizing more compact multilayer MCMs. Dropping the ground plane to lower layers increases the circuit density and at the same time improves the performance of CPW lines and lumped elements. The practical effect of dropping the ground plane down into the lower layers is investigated for a 3 GHz low pass filter.
Keywords :
coplanar waveguides; low-pass filters; circuit density; compact MCM; conductor-backed CPW lines; frequency 3 GHz; ground plane; low pass filter; lumped circuit; lumped elements; multilayer CBCPW lines; multilayer substrate; Coplanar waveguides; Dielectric losses; Dielectric substrates; Electromagnetic heating; Frequency; Low pass filters; Microwave circuits; Nonhomogeneous media; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 2009. EuMC 2009. European
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4748-0
