MoM/BI-RME analysis of boxed MMICs with arbitrarily shaped metallizations

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 2227-2234

  Bozzi, Maurizio ^a,b   Perregrini, Luca ^a,b   Alvarez Melcón, Alejandro ^a,c   Guglielmi, Marco ^a,d   Conciauro, Giuseppe ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

^d EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Entire domain basis functions; Integral equations; Microstrip filters; MMICs; Moment method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY INTEGRAL-RESONANT-MODE (BI-RME) EXPANSIONS; DOMAIN BASIS FUNCTIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; METALLIZING; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MULTILAYERS; RESONANCE;

MONOLITHIC MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 0035680002     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.971604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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