Title :
The breakdown voltage of shielded microstrip lines
Author :
Van der Walt, PW
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
The measured breakdown voltage of an etched shielded microstrip line is more than three times higher than the current theoretical value for a stripline with rounded corners. A simple model is proposed for the theoretical prediction of the breakdown voltage
Keywords :
electric breakdown; electromagnetic shielding; microstrip lines; voltage measurement; waveguide theory; breakdown voltage; etched shielded microstrip line; theoretical prediction; voltage measurement; Breakdown voltage; Electric breakdown; Electrons; Etching; Microstrip; Microwave measurements; Solid state circuit design; Stripline; Strips; Voltage measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1998. COMSIG '98. Proceedings of the 1998 South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Rondebosch
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5054-5
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1998.736990
