Analysis of multiple coupled microstrip discontinuities for microwave and millimeter wave integrated circuits

Author

Hill, A.

Author_Institution

Compact Software Inc., Paterson, NJ, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

10-14 July 1991

Firstpage

1091

Abstract

A novel technique that allows the analysis of multiple coupled microstrip discontinuities including those structures that are embedded by multiple coupled transmission line section such as coupled right-angle bends is introduced. The method, based on the fullwave three-dimensional moment method, is verified by comparing the simulated results of a microstrip coupler to those obtained from an experimentally verified two-dimensional spectral domain technique. In addition, the effect of the coupled line spacing on the S-parameters of typically encountered coupled microstrip discontinuities is demonstrated.<>

Keywords

S-parameters; microwave integrated circuits; strip line components; 3D EM field solution; MIC; MM-wave IC; S-parameters; coupled line spacing; coupled right-angle bends; deembedding procedure; full wave 3D moment method; microstrip coupler; microstrip discontinuities; millimeter wave integrated circuits; multiple coupled transmission line section; three-dimensional moment method; Coupling circuits; Current distribution; Distributed parameter circuits; Electromagnetic fields; Microstrip; Millimeter wave integrated circuits; Millimeter wave technology; Scattering parameters; Transmission line discontinuities; Transmission line theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1991., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-87942-591-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1991.147205

Filename

147205