Extraction of network parameters in the electromagnetic analysis of planar structures using the method of moments

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 94-103

  Abdulla, Mostafa N ^a   Steer, Michael B ^b  

^a INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Field circuit interaction; Global modeling; Green's functions; Method of moments; Network characterization

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES;

MULTIMETER WAVE CIRCUITS;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 0034825612     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.899966     Document Type: Article

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