Solving microstrip discontinuities by the measured equation of invariance

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 877-885

  Prouty, Mark D ^a   Mei, Kenneth K ^a   Schwarz, Steven E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP LINES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DISCONTINUITY PROBLEM; MEASURED EQUATION OF INVARIANCE METHOD; MICROSTRIP BENDS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 0031168842     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.588595     Document Type: Article

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