Asymptotic Boundary Conditions for Finite Element Analysis of Three-Dimensional Transmission Line Discontinuities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1990, Pages 1427-1432

  Khebir, Ahmed ^a   Kouki, Ammar B ^a   Mittra, Raj ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORKS - TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS;

3D TRANSMISSION LINE DISCONTINUITIES; ASYMPTOTIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP TRANSMISSION LINE; RECTANGULAR MICROSTRIP PATCH;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0025505760     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.58681     Document Type: Article

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