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。     

High performance microshield line components

Several millimeter-wave passive components have been fabricated using the microshield transmission line geometry, and their performance is presented herein. Microshield is a quasi-planar, half-shielded design which uses a thin dielectric membrane (1.5 μm) to support the conducting lines. This approach provides a nearly homogeneous, air-filled environment and thus allows extremely broad-band TEM operation. This paper examines the conductor loss and effective dielectric constant of microshield lines and presents results on transitions to conventional coplanar waveguide, right-angle bends, different stub configurations, and lowpass and bandpass filters. Experimental data is provided along with numerical results derived from an integral equation method. The microshield line is shown to be very suitable for high performance millimeter and submillimeter-wave applications     

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.     

Finite Element Method Analysis of the Cutoff Wavelength of Dominant Mode in Unilateral Finline

The cutoff wavelength of dominant mode in unilateral finline is analyzed by finite element method. The cutoff wavelength can be changed by adjusting the thickness of metallic fins and dielectric constant of dielectric substrate. Numerical results provide in this paper have important values in practical applications.     

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.     

基于时域有限差分法填充介质梯形脊波导研究

为了研究填充介质对脊波导截止特性的影响,文章采用FDTD(时域有限差分)法计算了填充介质梯形双脊波导在TE(横电波)模式下的截止特性随几何尺寸的变化,并给出了关系曲线。结果表明,脊间距越小,填充介质的相对介电常数越大,截止波长越长,单模带宽越窄。研究结果丰富了现存填充介质波导数据,有助于填充介质波导的设计和工程应用。     

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     

Resonant Modes of a Dielectric Rod Resonator Short-Circuited at Both Ends by Parallel Conducting Plates

This paper describes a generalized study for the resonant modes of a dielectric rod resonater placed between two parallel conducting plates. Dielectric and conductor losses are ignored. It is shown that there are two resonant states in this resonator, trapped and leaky states. In order to determine the cutoff and resonat frequencies in the trapped state, numerical results are given for the cutoff conditions and dispersive characteristics of a dielectric rod waveguide. The field patterns for the hybrid modes are also presented. For the resonant modes in the leaky state, it is shown to be useful to introduce a complex angular frequency. Numerical results are given for the various modes with different values of the dielectric constant. Generalized mode charts covering both states and including the cutoff conditions are presented. The existence of both states has been verified by experiments.     

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。     

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。     

Measurement of Dielectric Materials Using a Cutoff Circuiar-Waveguide Cavity (Short Papers)

A technique is presented for accurately determinhg the dielectric constant of microwave materials. The concept is to resonate a cutoff circular-waveguide cavity by inserting the dielectric-disk sample. Unlike most dielectric measurement techniques which rely on perturbation methods, this one determines the dielectric constant from the absolute measurement of the resonant frequency. Also, the use of a cutoff cavity prevents false dielectric constant readings by eliminating spurious resonances.     

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     

基于微屏蔽线的140GHz低通滤波器研究

微屏蔽传输线是一种采用薄膜支撑的传输线结构,具有损耗小、阻抗可变范周大的特点。利用保角变换的方法对微屏蔽线单位长度的电容进行了分析,给出了单位电容值与相对介电常数、特征阻抗的关系。利用阶跃阻抗的结构．设计一个5阶的带内波纹为0．5dB、截止频率为140CHz的切比雪夫低通滤波器,并用HFSS仿真分析其传输特性,在滤波器的末端串联短接式短截线结构增强其带外抑制作用。     

Rigorous analysis of novel dielectric resonator filters with printed tuning septum

This paper describes the analysis of dielectric resonator filters with printed tuning septum in waveguide sections operating below cutoff. In this design approach a thick dielectric slab of high permittivity is placed longitudinally in the waveguide. A bilateral ladder-shaped metallization determines the resonator and coupling sections (modified finline filter). In contrast to conventional dielectric resonator filters, this approach provides better passband separation and increased stopband attenuation. Furthermore, due to the bilateral tuning septum, the resonator and coupling sections can be manufactured accurately with photolithographic techniques rather than by expensive machining.     

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     

Tunable, Dielectric-Loaded Microwave Cavities Capable of High Q and High Filling Factor

Many applications require the presence of a dielectric inside a microwave resonator. This paper presents a new type of dielectric-loaded cavity and contains a detailed analysis of its properties. The cavity consists of a waveguide of arbitrary but uniform cross section, filled with dielectric for part of its length, with movable shorting plungers in the guide beyond one or both ends of the dielectric. Such a structure supports resonances at frequencies where a particular waveguide mode is above cutoff in the dielectric, but below cutoff outside. These resonances can have high Q's, especially when the cavity ends are open. Frequency tuning is possible via the movable plungers. The present analysis investigates resonant frequency, tuning range, and electric and magnetic filling factors. Wall losses are calculated for the particular case of a circular cross section. All results are plotted as universal design curves. The results indicate that this configuration is quite versatile and should be useful in numerous applications, including microwave solid-state masers, microwave light modulators, and the study of "ghost mode" resonances in waveguide windows.     

CAD modeling of coplanar waveguide (CPW) air-bridges

In this paper, first, a comprehensive review of existing models for the coplanar waveguide (CPW) air-bridge is presented. Then, a new CAD model is proposed, in which the bridge is modeled as a small section of a microshield line, whose characteristics are obtained using the conformal mapping technique. Our results are in good agreement with full-wave results.     

Dispersion Characteristics of Dielectric Loaded Multiple V-Ridge Waveguide

A new kind of V-ridge waveguide is presented in this paper. The transmission problem is solved by edge element for the first time. The field patterns of the waveguide with single, double and triple V-ridge for different values of dielectric constant have been presented. Variations of the cutoff wavelength, single-mode bandwidth with the ridge dimensions for different values of dielectric constant are investigated in detail. The results will be of practical significance in designing ridge waveguide components in microwave and millimeter wave engineering.     

Propagation of TE Modes in Dielectric Loaded Waveguides

The propagation of TE/sub no/ modes in rectangular wave-guides that contain two dielectric slabs parallel to the narrow wall and extending over the full height of the guide is investigated. Waveguide and dielectric are assumed to be lossless and infinitely long. Apart from these restrictions, the dielectric slabs may have arbitrary thickness, position, and dielectric constant. The analysis is restricted to TE/sub no/ modes with the E-field parallel to the narrow guidewall. The guide containing only one dielectric slab is covered by this analysis. The even modes n = 2, 4, 6, . . . of the guide with two slabs correspond to the odd modes n' = n/2 = 1, 2, 3, . . . of the guide with one slab half the width of the guide with two slabs. For six relative dielectric constants (/spl epsilon/= 2.25, 4.00, 9.00, 12.25, 16.00, 25.00) the cutoff frequencies for TE 10, 20, 30, 40, 60 modes and the normalized propagation constants for TE 10 and TE 20 modes between their respective cutoff frequencies and a frequency slightly above the second- and fourth-order mode cutoff frequency for the empty guide, respectively, have been computed for a large range of slab thicknesses and slab positions. Selected results are presented graphically. These results are discussed. The parametric dependence of field distributions, of normalized characteristic impedances, of the ratio of cutoff frequencies (fractional bandwidth), and of the ratio of magnetic field components (ellipticity) are illustrated.     

Analysis of rib dielectric waveguides

An analysis of rib dielectric waveguides based on a mode matching technique is presented. When the constituent slab guides support only one guided mode, it is shown that the cutoff condition for the higher order modes is the same as the result of the effective dielectric constant method. However, when the rib region is thick enough to support two guided slab modes, the cutoff conditions are significantly different. For this case universal design curves are produced and plotted. The results are also compared with another theory that exists to analyze such structures.