Title :
Coupled transmission lines revisited
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Pretoria Univ., South Africa
fDate :
8/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The author presents a very satisfying and disarmingly simple way of introducing students to the parallel line coupler, which derives its S matrix directly from a knowledge of its eigenvectors and eigenvalues. For a pair of symmetrical coupled lines, the eigenvectors can be found by inspection, and the eigenvalues determined easily by means of flow graphs. The elements of the S matrix are then known, being linear combinations of the eigenvalues
Keywords :
S-matrix theory; education; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; transmission line theory; S matrix; education; eigenvalues; eigenvectors; flow graphs; inspection; parallel line coupler; students; Couplings; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Flow graphs; Impedance; Inspection; Matrix converters; Reflection; Symmetric matrices; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission lines;
Journal_Title :
Education, IEEE Transactions on
