ANALYSIS OF SOME COPLANAR TRANSMISSION-LINES - COPLANAR COUPLED LINES, COPLANAR COUPLED STRIPLINES, AND COPLANAR COUPLED LINES WITH RECTANGULAR MICROSHIELD

Two types of coplanar transmission lines, rectangular microshield coplanar coupled lines (RMCCL) and coplanar coupled rectangular microshield lines (CCRML) are proposed for MMIC applications. These are developed from coplanar coupled lines (CCL) and coplanar coupled strip lines (CCS). Analytic formulas are presented for calculating the quasistatic TEM parameters of these coupled lines by means of exact conformal mapping techniques. Numerical results are also presented to illustrate the properties of these coplanar transmission lines. (C) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.