Automatic derivation of equivalent circuits for general microstrip interconnection discontinuities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 7 PART 1, 1996, Pages 1010-1016

  Coen, Guy ^a   De Zutter, Daniel ^a   Fache, Niels ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FUND FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL CIRCUITS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; NETWORK COMPONENTS;

EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT AUTOMATIC DERIVATION; HIGH SPEED DIGITAL CIRCUITS; LOSSY DIELECTRICS; METALLIZATIONS; MICROSTRIP INTERCONNECTION DISCONTINUITY; MULTILAYERED PLANAR STRUCTURES;

CIRCUIT THEORY;

EID: 0030192144     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.508632     Document Type: Article

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