Numerical TRL calibration technique for parameter extraction of planar integrated discontinuities in a deterministic MoM algorithm

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 485-487

  Li, Lin ^a   Wu, Ke ^a   Zhu, Lei ^b  

^a POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Equivalent circuit model; Full wave method of moments (MoM) simulator; Planar discontinuity and circuit; Thru reflect line (TRL) calibration technique

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CALIBRATION; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; METHOD OF MOMENTS; MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EQUIVALENT CIRCUIT MODEL; FULL-WAVE METHOD-OF-MOMENTS SIMULATOR; PLANAR INTEGRATED DISCONTINUITIES; THRU-REFLECT-LINE CALIBRATION TECHNIQUE;

EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS;

EID: 0036961734     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2002.805946     Document Type: Letter

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