Title :
A fast and rigorous CAD procedure for complex shielded planar circuits
Author :
Eleftheriades, George ; Le Pezennec, H. ; Mosig, J.R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Electromagn. et d´Acoust., Ecole Polytech. Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
An efficient Integral-Equation/Method of Moments (MoM) technique is presented for the analysis of shielded planar circuits (MIC´s and MMIC´s). Unlike traditional approaches which implicate the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) to compute the slowly converging MoM matrix elements, this technique is not restricted to uniform meshes. This feature is exploited by introducing a new modular meshing strategy with rectangular cells. The entire formulation is extended to multilayer/multiconductor substrates.
Keywords :
MMIC; circuit CAD; distributed parameter networks; integral equations; method of moments; microwave integrated circuits; CAD procedure; MIC; MMIC; complex shielded planar circuits; integral equation; method of moments; modular meshing strategy; multiconductor substrates; multilayer substrates; rectangular cells; Acceleration; Circuits; Convergence; Fingers; Geometry; Green´s function methods; Integral equations; Nonhomogeneous media; Reflection; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3246-6
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1996.512213
