On the Cutoff Wavelength of Rectangular-Shaped Microshield Line by Edge Element Method

In this paper, the cutoff characteristic of rectangular-shaped microshield transmission line has been analysed by edge element method. Dependence of cutoff wavelengths on the thickness of metallic signal strip, dielectric constant of dielectric substrate and the width of the rectangular-shaped ground conductor are presented in tabular form. Numerical results in this paper have important values in design of rectangular-shaped microshield lines in microwave and millimeter wave integrated circuits.     

Micromachined W-band filters

Results are presented for high performance planar W-band filters based on silicon micromachining techniques common in microsensor fabrication. Two types of micromachined planar transmission lines are studied: microshield line and shielded membrane microstrip (SMM) line. In both of these structures, the conducting lines are suspended on thin dielectric membranes. These transmission lines are essentially “floating” in air, possess negligible levels of dielectric loss, and do not suffer from the parasitic effects of radiation and dispersion. A 90 GHz low pass filter and several 95 GHz bandpass filters are tested and display excellent performance which cannot be achieved with traditional substrate supported circuits in CPW or microstrip configurations. A full-wave finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique verifies the measured performance of the W-band circuits and provides a basis for comparison between the performances of membrane supported circuits and equivalent substrate supported circuits     

梯形屏蔽共面波导及共面耦合线特性阻抗的计算

提出了适用于ＭＭＩＣ设计一类新型共面传输线，它包括梯形屏蔽共面波导（ＳＭＣＰＷ）梯形屏蔽共面耦合线（ＳＭＣＣＬ）共面耦全梯形屏蔽线（ＣＣＳＭＬ）推导出用于计算这些传输线的ＴＥＭ参数的解析公式，数值计算结果显示了此类共面传输线的性质。     

Analytical analyses of v, elliptic, and circular-shaped microshieldtransmission lines

Several new types of monolithic coplanar transmission lines, v, elliptic, and circular-shaped microshield coplanar waveguide, have been proposed. The characteristic impedance expressions for those transmission lines have been derived using the conformal mapping method (CMM) under the assumption of the pure-TEM propagation and zero dispersion. In the analyses of the elliptic and the circular-shaped microshield coplanar lines, the methods using the graphical approximation and taking the geometric mean value of the upper and the lower bounds to the size of the line are put forward to calculate the characteristic impedance of this two kinds of microshield coplanar lines. The numerical results show the effects of the different shaped microshield walls on characteristic impedances     

变形矩形和V形微屏蔽线传输特性的矢量有限元计算

微屏蔽线在使用过程中难免会产生变形。本文利用矢量有限元法讨论了矩形微屏蔽线和V形微屏蔽线的变形对其传输特性的影响，其中传输特性包括主模截止波长、单模带宽和主模电场结构。计算结果显示，两种微屏蔽线的变形对三种传输特性均有较大影响，这些数值计算结果对两种微屏蔽线在使用过程中出现变形时对整体器件的影响有较强的指导意义。     

微屏蔽三线对称结构带通滤波器设计

对薄膜支撑空腔型微屏蔽传输线进行分析,提出微屏蔽传输线的物理结构。为了验证微屏蔽传输线在毫米波应用的优势,利用类比平行耦合微带线滤波器的方法设计了一种4阶切比雪夫三线对称结构微屏蔽线滤波器。通过对该微屏蔽腔体结构进行HFSS仿真,得到中心频率35 GHz的宽带滤波器,带宽15 GHz,带内插损小于0.5 dB,带外抑制>40 dB@53 GHz,器件尺寸8.24 mm×1.5 mm×0.65 mm。该设计为基于平面传输线的滤波器在毫米波频段的实现提供了一种可行的方法。     

Characterization of V-groove coupled microshield line

A new membrane supported air-filled V-groove coupled microshield has been investigated using finite element method. The even- and odd-mode characteristic impedances and the effective dielectric constants have been computed. The dependence on various dimensions has been studied. The crosstalk levels between adjacent lines have been compared with that in coupled microstrip lines, coupled microstrip lines with lateral ground planes, and V-groove structures with and without metallization in the groove.     

Analytical analysis of circular-shaped microshield and conductor-backed coplanar waveguide

In this paper, a new type of circular-shaped microshield and conductor-backed coplanar waveguide is proposed. Analytic closed-form expressions for characteristic impedance and effective dielectric constant for the new line are obtained using conformal mapping method under the assumption of pure-TEM propagation and zero dispersion. The new waveguide proposed by this paper can reduce radiation to much less than the conventional coplanar waveguide and microstrip, and can reduce the current concentration at both the edges of the strip conductor.     

Simple and explicit formulas for the design and analysis ofasymmetrical V-shaped microshield line

This paper presents some simple, explicit and practical formulas for the evaluation of the quasi-TEM characteristic parameters of asymmetrical V-shaped microshield line, based on a conformal mapping procedure. These formulas give very accurate results in terms of elementary functions rather than the exact solution in terms of difficult functions. Two sets of expressions are described using first and second order approximations. These equations are easy to implement, thus making it an excellent choice for use in computer aided design, analysis and optimization of V-shaped microshield structures     

Analysis and performance of superconductive coaxial transmission lines

This paper discusses the mechanisms affecting metallic conduction and dielectric properties in relation to a low temperature transmission line to provide a basis for analysis of the characteristic change, and the remaining losses at low temperature. Specific attention is given to lines employing Teflon or polyethylene as dielectrics, and operating up to 10 Gc. The construction and measured performance of a number of long superconductive coaxial lines is given in support of the analytical results.