Effect of material properties on broadband electrical behavior of coplanar waveguides

Author

Arz, Uwe ; Leinhos, Jens ; Janezic, Michael D.

Author_Institution

Phys.-Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig

fYear

2008

fDate

8-13 June 2008

Firstpage

470

Lastpage

471

Abstract

We investigate the importance of broadband substrate permittivity and loss tangent data for accurately calculating the frequency-dependent characteristic impedance and propagation constant of ungrounded coplanar waveguides (CPWs). To determine the electrical properties of a CPW, we use a quasi-TEM model that takes into account the effects of non-ideal conductors, substrate loss and finite metallization thickness. The propagation of uncertainties is studied with the aid of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; coplanar waveguides; dielectric losses; dielectric materials; electric impedance; metallisation; permittivity; substrates; transmission electron microscopy; Monte Carlo simulations; broadband substrate permittivity; finite metallization thickness; impedance; nonideal conductors; propagation constant; quasiTEM model; substrate loss tangent; ungrounded coplanar waveguides; Conductors; Coplanar waveguides; Frequency; Impedance; Material properties; Metallization; Permittivity; Propagation constant; Propagation losses; Uncertainty;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Precision Electromagnetic Measurements Digest, 2008. CPEM 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

Broomfield, CO

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2399-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2400-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CPEM.2008.4574857

Filename

4574857