Of particular interest in this work are the so-called planar transmission lines. Planar structures are extensions of the parallel plate transmission line, which is considered a planar transmission line. The term planar simply refers to the fact that in these transmission lines, the characteristics of the structure can be determined by the dimensions in a plane-the cross section of the structure. The term is often narrowed to those structures that can be conveniently produced by lithographic methods with particular applications to microwave integrated circuits although, in this work, we will use planar structures that are relatively large and their fabrication is entirely different.

Chapter Contents:

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Planar transmission lines: the stripline
• 3.2.1 Coupled transmission lines
• 3.3 Waveguides and cavity resonators
• 3.3.1 TE propagation in parallel plate waveguides
• 3.3.2 TM propagation in parallel plate waveguides
• 3.3.3 Rectangular waveguides
• 3.3.4 TM modes in rectangular waveguides
• 3.3.5 TE modes in rectangular waveguides
• 3.3.6 Cavity resonators
• 3.3.7 TM modes in cavity resonators
• 3.3.8 TE modes in cavity resonators
• 3.3.9 Energy relations in a cavity resonator
• 3.4 Coupled stripline resonators
• 3.5 Resonant cavity perturbation
• 3.5.1 Whole cavity perturbation, lossless media
• 3.5.2 Cavity perturbation by small, lossless material samples
• 3.5.3 Cavity perturbation, lossy media
• Bibliography

Inspec keywords: microwave integrated circuits; lithography; coupled transmission lines

Other keywords: lithographic method; planar structure; parallel plate transmission line; coupled structure; planar transmission line; microwave integrated circuit

Subjects: Lithography (semiconductor technology); Waveguides and microwave transmission lines; Microwave integrated circuits