Title :
Suppression of mode coupling in conductor-backed asymmetric coplanar strips using slow-wave electrodes
Author :
Ghanipour, Pejman ; Bull, Jeffrey D. ; Jaeger, Nicolas A F
fDate :
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Shorted-ground conductor-backed asymmetric coplanar strips support unwanted noncoplanar modes that adversely affect the performance of such transmission lines at higher frequencies. It is shown that coupling from the desired coplanar mode into the noncoplanar modes can be suppressed using slow-wave electrodes. This suppression scheme is verified by measuring the S-parameters of both conventional and slow-wave transmission lines of this type in the 0.05-50 GHz range.
Keywords :
S-parameters; coplanar waveguides; slow wave structures; strip lines; 0.05 to 50 GHz; S-parameters; conductor-backed asymmetric coplanar strips; coplanar mode; mode coupling suppression; shorted-ground asymmetric coplanar strips; slow-wave electrodes; slow-wave transmission lines; unwanted noncoplanar modes; Coplanar transmission lines; Couplings; Distributed parameter circuits; Electrodes; Frequency; MMICs; Permittivity; Power transmission lines; Strips; Transmission line theory; Coplanar transmission lines; coupled mode analysis; monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs); waveguide theory;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LMWC.2006.873506
