Title :
Dielectrically shielded microstrip (DSM) lines
Author :
Chang, Kuo-Pin ; Klein, John
Author_Institution :
Texas A&M University, Department of Electrical Engineering, College Station, USA
Abstract :
Microstrip lines can be shielded by a dielectric cover to reduce the radiation loss. Experiments carried out using ring resonators showed the insertion loss can be substantially reduced. The effective dielectric constant of these shielded microstrip lines was calculated by the variational method. The results agree very well with experiment.
Keywords :
shielding; strip lines; waveguide theory; dielectric cover; effective dielectric constant; insertion loss; radiation loss-reduction; ring resonators; shielded microstrip lines; variational method;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870386
