A Simple Formula for the Capacitance of a Disc on Dielectric on a Plane

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 1982, Pages 2050-2054

  Wheeler, Harold A ^a  

^a BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacitance; curve fitting; dielectric; disc; electric field theory; mathematical techniques; microstrip; printed circuits

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS - CAPACITANCE;

DIELECTRIC SUBSTRATE ON A PLANE; THIN CIRCULAR DISC;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0020203955     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.1982.1131376     Document Type: Article

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