Title :
Comments on "Analysis of the effects of a resistively coated upper dielectric layer on the propagation characteristics of hybrid modes in a waveguide-shielded microstrip using the method of lines"
Author_Institution :
Allgemeine und Theor. Elektrotech., Fern Univ., Hagen, Germany
Abstract :
In the original paper [see ibid., vol. 41, p 1393-99,1993], a long derivation is given to consider a thin resistive layer of a structure in the analysis procedure with the MoL. But it is claimed that all that is needed is a one-line derivation.<>
Keywords :
microstrip lines; waveguide theory; hybrid modes; method of lines; propagation characteristics; resistively coated upper dielectric layer; waveguide-shielded microstrip; Algorithm design and analysis; Conductivity; Conductors; Current density; Dielectric losses; Equations; Microstrip; Microwave propagation; Microwave theory and techniques; Strips;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
