Study of Modal Solution Procedures for Microstrip Step Discontinuities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 381-387

  Xu, Qiang ^a   Webb, Kevin J ^a   Mittra, Raj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES--EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MILLIMETER WAVES--PROPAGATION IN GUIDES;

BOUNDARY ENLARGEMENT/REDUCTION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MICROSTRIP STEP DISCONTINUITIES; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0024610725     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.20064     Document Type: Article

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