Generalized transmission-line theory for the treatment of nonuniform multiconductor transmission lines

Issue title: ISTET '01

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Haase, Heiko^{a; *} | Nitsch, Jürgen^a

Affiliations: [a] Institute for Fundamental Electrical Engineering and EMC, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, 39016 Magdeburg, P.O. Box 4120, Germany

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Heiko Haase, Tel.: +49 391 671 1090; Fax: +49 391 671 1236; E-mail: heiko.haase@et.uni-magdeburg.de

Abstract: This paper presents a generalized transmission-line theory which is useful to describe the wave propagation along almost arbitrary three-dimensional wire structures. In contrast to the classical transmission-line theory this new approach is an approximate full-wave description based on generalized telegrapher's equations. Whereas the mathematical structure of the classical telegrapher's equations is preserved, the coefficients (the per-unit-length parameters) are generalized in order to represent the intrinsic behavior of the wire structure. MoM simulations were performed to validate the predicted data.

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2003-249

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 17, no. 1-3, pp. 149-156, 2003