Calculation of the characteristic impedance of microstrips using a full-wave 2-D FDTD scheme

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-60

  Reig, Càndid ^a   Navarro, Enrique A ^a   Such, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FDTD method; Full wave analysis; Microstrip

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DIVISION (FDTD) METHOD;

MICROSTRIP LINES;

EID: 0031235030     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(199709)16:1<58::AID-MOP18>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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