Time-domain simulation of multiconductor transmission lines with frequency-dependent losses

Author

Gordon, Colin ; Blazeck, Thomas ; Mittra, Raj

Author_Institution

Digital Equipment Corp., Hudson, MA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

11

fYear

1992

fDate

11/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1372

Lastpage

1387

Abstract

A method for the time-domain simulation of multiconductor transmission lines with frequency-dependent conductor (skin effect) and dielectric losses is presented. The method is based on a traveling-wave solution of the transmission line equations in the frequency domain, which reduces to the conventional modal solution for lossless lines when no losses are present. Time-domain simulation for the lossy care is achieved by convolving the transmission line terminal voltage with describing time-domain input and transfer impulse responses for the multiconductor line. Careful formulation of the frequency-dependent conductor and dielectric losses assures causality in the transmission line responses. The numerical burden of discrete-time convolution is avoided by approximating the transmission line responses with exponential series. An implementation of the solution algorithm in SPICE is described. Examples are included for coupled lossy stripline and microstrip configurations

Keywords

SPICE; dielectric losses; electronic engineering computing; microstrip lines; skin effect; strip lines; time-domain analysis; transmission line theory; waveguide theory; SPICE; conductor losses; coupled lossy stripline; dielectric losses; frequency-dependent losses; microstrip configurations; multiconductor transmission lines; skin effect; time-domain simulation; transfer impulse responses; traveling-wave solution; Conductors; Convolution; Dielectric losses; Equations; Frequency domain analysis; Multiconductor transmission lines; Propagation losses; Skin effect; Time domain analysis; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.177401

Filename

177401