Variational Method of Analysis For Micro Strip Lines
Variational Method of Analysis For Micro Strip Lines
Variational Method of Analysis For Micro Strip Lines
Purti R. S.
Introduction
Microstrip is a type of electrical transmission line which can be fabricated using Printed Circuit Board technology, and is used to convey Microwave-frequency signals. It consists of a conducting strip separated from a ground plane by a dielectric layer known as the substrate.
Microstrip
The dielectric in between the strip and the ground plane does not fill the air region above the strip Hence most field lines in the dielectric region concentrate between the strip and the ground plane While some concentrate in the region above the substrate Therefore the medium is inhomogeneous
Methods of Analysis
With this quasi TEM mode approximation, the calculation of propagation parameters or the analysis of the line essentially reduces to the solution of 2D Laplaces equation, subject to the boundary conditions determined by the geometry of the line. Two important methods to solve 2D Laplaces equation are, Conformal Transformation Method: Exact method used to find propagation parameters of homogeneous stripline complicated if used for inhomogeneous medium. Variational method: Approximate method simpler even for inhomogeneous medium
We per unit length along the line is given by, We = (/2)|t |2dxdy = (1/2) CV02 Where C is the capacitance per unit length of the line & V0 is the potential difference between the two conductors.
V0 = -
t . dl
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