The application of the FDTD method to millimeter-wave filter circuits including the design and analysis of a compact coplanar strip filter for THz frequencies

Author

Oswald, J.E. ; Siegel, P.H.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

23-27 May 1994

Firstpage

309

Abstract

The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is applied to the analysis of microwave, millimeter-wave and submillimeter-wave filter circuits. In each case, the validity of this method is confirmed by comparison with measured data. In addition, the FDTD calculations are used to design a new ultra-thin coplanar-strip filter for feeding a THz planar-antenna mixer. In this instance, the FDTD analysis is confirmed by microwave scale model measurements and by simulations performed with Hewlett Packard´s Microwave Design System (MDS).<>

Keywords

finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip components; microwave filters; network analysis; network synthesis; passive filters; FDTD method; Hewlett Packard Microwave Design System; THz planar-antenna mixer; analysis; design; microwave filter circuits; microwave scale model; millimeter-wave filter circuits; simulations; submillimeter-wave filter circuits; ultra-thin coplanar-strip filter; Finite difference methods; Microwave circuits; Microwave filters; Microwave theory and techniques; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Submillimeter wave circuits; Submillimeter wave filters; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1994., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1778-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1994.335251

Filename

335251