Analysis of Shielded Microstrip Lines with Arbitrary Metallization Cross Section Using a Vector Finite Element Method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 1994, Pages 2112-2117

  Hirayama, Koichi ^b   Hayashi, Yoshio ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ATTENUATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; MAGNETIC FIELDS; POLYNOMIALS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL EQUATION METHOD; METALLIZATION CROSS SECTION; MODE MATCHING PROCEDURE; SHIELDED MICROSTRIP LINES; TRANSMISSION PROPERTIES;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0028546570     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.330127     Document Type: Article

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