A Scattering-Type Transverse Resonance Technique for the Calculation of (M) MIC Transmission Line Characteristics

Abstract —A scattering-type formulation of the transverse res-onance technique is introduced and applied to a variety of currently practical (M)MIC configurations. By utilizing a reflec-tion coefficient matrix representation of boundary conditions, the characteristics of open, conductor-backed and shielded mi-crostrip, tdotline, or coplanar waveguide can be calculated. Excellent agreement with measurements and theoretical data on fundamental and higher-order mode characteristics is obtained. In contrast to other methods, which require mainframe support, the software based on this formulation is operational on 386-compatible personal computers. I