A complete finite-element analysis of multilayer anisotropic transmission lines from DC to terahertz frequencies

IEEE Transactions on Advanced Packaging

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 326-338

  Lee, Shih Hao ^a   Mao, Kaiyu ^a   Jin, Jian Ming ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic media; Finite element method (FEM); Frequency dependent media; Full wave analysis; Model order reduction (MOR); Multiconductor transmission lines; Quasi TEM analysis; Transmission line parameters

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY BANDS; MODAL ANALYSIS;

FULL-WAVE ACCURACY; FULL-WAVE MODAL SOLVER;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 44449147871     PISSN: 15213323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TADVP.2007.909455     Document Type: Article

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