Analysis of dispersion and series gap discontinuity in shielded suspended striplines with substrate mounting grooves
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
- Vol. 40 (2) , 279-284
- https://doi.org/10.1109/22.120100
Abstract
Dispersion and series gap discontinuity of shielded suspended striplines (SSLs) on Duroid substrate (εr=2.22) are analyzed using the finite-difference time-domain method (FD-TD). Numerical accuracy of better than 0.15% is achieved when the FD-TD is used to calculate the effective dielectric constant (εreff ) of an air-filled rectangular coaxial transmission line. Data obtained for the frequency-dependent εreff of uniform SSLs and both scattering and equivalent circuit parameters of various series gap discontinuities are presented. In general, the presence of sidewall mounting grooves causes a nearly frequency-independent small reduction in εreff. On the other hand, proximity effects of the housing are found to be more important. For the gap discontinuity, coupling across the gap is stronger for wider strips and/or narrower gap width. Irregular transmission behavior is also found when the strip is wide enough to interact strongly with the sidewallsKeywords
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