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Design and Analysis of Double-Layered Microwave Integrated Circuits Using a Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method  

Ming-Sze (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University)
Hyeong-Seok (School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Chung-Ang University)
Yinchao (Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Carolina)
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KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications / v.4C, no.6, 2004 , pp. 255-262 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, a number of double-layered microwave integrated circuits (MIC) have been designed and analyzed based on a developed finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) solver. The solver was first validated through comparisons of the computed results with those previously published throughout the literature. Subsequently, various double-layered MIC printed on both isotropic and anisotropic substrates and superstrates, which are frequently encountered in printed circuit boards (PCB), have been designed and analyzed. It was found that in addition to protecting circuits, the added superstrate layer can increase freedoms of design and improve circuit performance, and that the FDTD is indeed a robust and versatile tool for multilayer circuit design.
Keywords
double-layered MIC; FDTD;
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