Comparison Of Network Analysis Methods For Computing Complex Propagation Coefficients Of Dispersive Transmission Lines

Authors

Stephen K. Remillard, Hope CollegeFollow
Caitlin Ploch
Kyle McLellan
V. Andrew Bunnell, Hope CollegeFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2014

Publication Source

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volume Number

56

Issue Number

3

First Page

758

Last Page

761

Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

ISSN

0895-2477

Abstract

Transmission lines of various degrees of dispersion are often designed and fabricated for use in high speed circuits and in metamaterials. The quick generation of dispersion diagrams and attenuation coefficient curves can be made from S-parameter measurements, with S₂₁ alone being sufficient for generating dispersion diagrams. S₂₁ is also sufficient to accurately measure the attenuation coefficient, group velocity, phase velocity, and effective index of refraction of highly dispersive transmission lines. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 56:758–761, 2014

Keywords

Photonic Crystals

Recommended Citation

Remillard, Stephen K., Caitlin Ploch, Kyle McLellan, and V. Andrew Bunnell. 2014. “Comparison of Network Analysis Methods for Computing Complex Propagation Coefficients of Dispersive Transmission Lines.” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters 56 (3): 758–61. doi:10.1002/mop.28183.