Broadside, Edge-Coupled, Symmetric Strip Transmission Lines

1 November 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Vol. 30 (11) , 1874-1880
https://doi.org/10.1109/tmtt.1982.1131337

Abstract

This paper analyzes the propagation parameters of the general, shielded, broadside, edge-coupled, symmetric strip transmission line using the transverse transmission line method combined with the variational technique in the space domain. A simple approximation to the charge distribution on the conducting strip is assumed. Extensive design data on the characteristic impedances, effective dielectric constants are generated for a) broadside, edge-coupled, homogeneous striplines, b) broadside, edge-coupled, microstrip lines, c) broadside, edge-coupled, microstrip lines with inverted dielectric. The effect of the shielding side walls on the characteristic impedances is investigated. The results presented should find application in the design, fabrication of directional couplers, filters having complex electric responses.

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