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IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques
Volume 48 Number 2, February 2000

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Accurate and Efficient Numerical Method for the Analysis of Multimode Waveguide Discontinuities

Philippe Pannier, Lhoussain Kadri, Christophe Seguinot, Patrick Kennis and Fabrice Huret

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Abstract:

This paper presents an original approach to analyze multimode waveguide discontinuities. The generalized scattering parameters are determined by a matrix pencil moment method associated with efficient numerically multimode matched loads placed at each physical port of the discontinuities. The analysis of both microstrip-coupled lines and coplanar lines asymmetric discontinuities is presented and successfully compared to experiments and available published results.

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