skrf.media.cpw.CPW.analyse_loss

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

The function calculates the conductor and dielectric losses of a complanar waveguide 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.

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 (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• ep_reff (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• tand (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• rho (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• mu_r (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• f (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• w (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• t (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• s (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• k1 (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• kk1 (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –

• kpk1 (Union[Number, Sequence[Number], ndarray]) –