skrf.media.cpw.CPW.analyse_loss

CPW.analyse_loss(ep_r, ep_reff, tand, rho, mu_r, f, w, t, s, k1, kk1, kpk1)

Calculates conductor and dielectric losses of a coplanar waveguide line.

Use wheeler’s incremental inductance rule [1], [2], [3].

References

[1]

H. A. Wheeler, “Formulas for the Skin Effect,” Proceedings of the IRE, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 412-424, Sept. 1942.

[2]

G. H. Owyang and T. T. Wu, “The Approximate Parameters of Slot Lines and Their Complement” IRE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, pp. 49-55, Jan. 1958.

[3]

G. Ghione, “A CAD-Oriented Analytical Model for the Losses of General Asymmetric Coplanar Lines in Hybrid and Monolithic MICs” IEEE Trans. on Microwave Theory and Techniques, vol. 41, no. 9, pp. 1499-1510, Sept. 1993.

Returns:

• a_conductor (numpy.ndarray)

• a_dielectric (numpy.ndarray)

Parameters:

• ep_r (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• ep_reff (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• tand (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• rho (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• mu_r (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• f (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• w (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• t (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• s (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• k1 (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• kk1 (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• kpk1 (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)