Investigation of tapered multiple microstrip lines for VLSI circuits

6 January 2003

conference paper
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

p. 215-218 vol.1
https://doi.org/10.1109/mwsym.1988.22016

Abstract

The S-parameters of coupled, tapered microstrip lines are calculated as function of frequency using an iteration-perturbation technique. Each tapered microstrip line is analyzed by dividing the line into small segments so that each segment can be approximated as a uniform line. For each frequency, starting with the static case, the effective dielectric constant, epsilon /sub r///sub eff/, is determined. This value is then used to compute the characteristic impedance of that section of line and the S-parameters are obtained using standard microwave analysis. The S-matrix is converted into a T-matrix, and since the sections are cascaded, all T-matrices are multiplied to drive a final T-matrix. This final T-matrix is then converted into an S-matrix, which is frequency dependent, and the mismatch introduced by the taper is obtained from the S-matrix.<>

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