Title :
Broadband microstrip to dielectric image line transitions
Author :
Tehrani, Hooman ; Li, Ming-yi ; Chang, Kai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
fDate :
10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Novel broadband microstrip to dielectric image line (DIL) transitions have been developed. A conducting strip is flared linearly from the microstrip line to the DIL. The DIL and microstrip substrate are on the same side of their common ground plane. Theoretical simulation results, obtained by using the finite-difference time-domain method, agree well with experimental results. The transitions should have applications in the integration of the dielectric image line with microwave integrated circuits (MICs) and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs)
Keywords :
MMIC; finite difference time-domain analysis; microstrip transitions; microwave integrated circuits; FDTD method; MIC; MMIC; broadband transitions; finite-difference time-domain method; linearly flared conducting strip; microstrip substrate; microstrip to dielectric image line transitions; microwave integrated circuits; monolithic microwave integrated circuits; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Dielectric substrates; Electronics packaging; Finite difference methods; MMICs; Microstrip; Microwave integrated circuits; Monolithic integrated circuits; Strips;
Journal_Title :
Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE
