Full-wave FDTD design and analysis of wideband microstrip-to-waveguide transitions

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-320

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

2D FDTD design; Impedance definition; Inhomogeneous FDTD; Microstrip to waveguide transition; Ridged waveguide

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; MICROWAVES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

RIDGED WAVEGUIDES;

RECTANGULAR WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 0042843525     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.11048     Document Type: Article

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