A method for characterizing coplanar waveguide-to-microstrip transitions, and its application to the measurement of microstrip devices with coplanar microprobes

This paper presents a method for characterizing coplanar waveguide-to-microstrip (CPW-M) transitions by using on-wafer coplanar (CPW) microprobes. It is based on extracting the transmission matrix of the CPW-M transition from the measurement of the S parameters of two microstrip transmission lines o...

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Autores: Maya Sánchez, Mª del Carmen, Lázaro Guillén, Antoni, Pradell i Cara, Lluís|||0000-0003-4026-226X, Paco, D. de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2003
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/1119
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/1119
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Strip transmission lines
Microwaves
Wave guides
coplanar waveguide-to-microstrip transitions
network analyzer calibration
electromagnetic simulations
de-embedding
coplanar waveguides
microstrip filters
microstrip transitions
network analysers
S-parameters
transmission line matrix methods
on-wafer coplanar microprobes
transmission matrix
microstrip transmission lines
microstrip coupled-line filter
40 GHz
Microstrip
Microones
Guiatge
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Radiocomunicació i exploració electromagnètica::Circuits de microones, radiofreqüència i ones mil·limètriques
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Sumario:This paper presents a method for characterizing coplanar waveguide-to-microstrip (CPW-M) transitions by using on-wafer coplanar (CPW) microprobes. It is based on extracting the transmission matrix of the CPW-M transition from the measurement of the S parameters of two microstrip transmission lines of different lengths, each of which includes two CPW-M transitions. To verify the proposed method, the S parameters of a zero-length line, which is composed of two CPW-M transitions (thru connection) and has not been used in the transition characterization, are measured up to 40 GHz and are compared to those extracted and obtained from electromagnetic simulations. The method is applied to the measurement of a microstrip coupled-line filter embedded in CPW-M transitions.