An efficient algorithm for the calculation of parasitic couplingbetween lines in MIC's

A new algorithm is developed to calculate parasitic coupling between transmission lines in an efficient manner. The algorithm works by using the currents and voltages on the lines in the absence of parasitics to calculate independent voltage and current sources which then give the approximate coupling strength between the various lines. These sources are easy to place in a CAD circuit program. The algorithm is demonstrated on a double-stub filter structure. The observed splitting of the resonance, for this particular example, is modeled by using dependent sources, as calculated from the independent sources