skrf.media.mline.MLine.analyse_loss

MLine.analyse_loss(ep_r, ep_reff, tand, rho, mu_r, zl_eff_f1, zl_eff_f2, f, w, t, D)

The function calculates the conductor and dielectric losses of a single microstrip line using wheeler’s incremental inductance rule.

References

[1]

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

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)

• zl_eff_f1 (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

• zl_eff_f2 (Number | Sequence[Number] | ndarray)

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

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

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

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