Time-Domain Finite Difference Approach to the Calculation of the Frequency-Dependent Characteristics of Microstrip Discontinuities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1988, Pages 1775-1787

  Zhang, Xiaolei ^a   Mei, Kenneth K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MONOLITHIC; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

MICROSTRIP DISCONTINUITIES; TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENTS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0024168129     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.17413     Document Type: Article

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