Title :
Multiconductor transmission line characterization
Author :
Williams, Dylan F.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
5/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents a measurement method that completely characterizes lossy printed multiconductor transmission lines. It determines not only the matrices of impedances and admittances per unit length describing the transmission line in the conductor representation, but also the propagation constants, characteristic impedances, and cross-powers for each mode supported in the line. We apply the method to a pair of lossy coupled asymmetric microstrip lines
Keywords :
electric admittance; electric impedance; microstrip lines; transmission line matrix methods; admittance matrix; characteristic impedance; coupled asymmetric microstrip line; impedance matrix; lossy printed multiconductor transmission line; measurement method; mode cross-power; propagation constant; Conductors; Couplings; Impedance; Loss measurement; Microstrip; Multiconductor transmission lines; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission line measurements;
Journal_Title :
Components, Packaging, and Manufacturing Technology, Part B: Advanced Packaging, IEEE Transactions on
