An efficient integral equation technique for the analysis of arbitrarily shaped capacitive waveguide circuits

In this contribution a new and efficient integral equation formulation is presented for the analysis of arbitrarily shaped capacitive waveguide devices. The technique benefits from the symmetry of the structure in order to reduce the dimensions of the problem from three to two dimensions. For the fi...

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Autores: Quesada Pereira, Fernando Daniel, Vera Castejon, P., Alvarez Melcon, Alejandro, Gimeno Martinez, Benito, Boria Esbert, Vicente Enrique|||0000-0001-7150-9785
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/28843
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/28843
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Commercial software tools
Contour line
Discontinuity problems
Integral equation formulation
Integral-equation technique
New structures
Oblique incidence
Parallel plates
Power-handling capability
Scattering problems
Two-dimension
Waveguide circuits
Waveguide device
Electromagnetic fields
Low pass filters
Numerical methods
Signal filtering and prediction
Two dimensional
Waveguide components
Integral equations
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Sumario:In this contribution a new and efficient integral equation formulation is presented for the analysis of arbitrarily shaped capacitive waveguide devices. The technique benefits from the symmetry of the structure in order to reduce the dimensions of the problem from three to two dimensions. For the first time, this technique formulates the waveguide capacitive discontinuity problem as a 2-D scattering problem with oblique incidence, combined with an efficient calculation of the parallel plate Green's functions. The numerical method allows the efficient evaluation of the electromagnetic fields inside the analyzed structures. Results for different practical capacitive waveguide devices are successfully compared with commercial software tools for validation of the proposed theory. Finally, a novel low-pass filter implementation based on circular conducting posts has been proposed. The field contour lines in the critical gaps of the new structure are curved due to the use of rounded posts. This could result in improved power handling capabilities with respect to standard corrugated low-pass filters. Copyright 2011 by the American Geophysical Union.