Accurate Capacitance Matrices for Multiconductor Transmission Lines

Abstract

When analyzing multiconductor transmission lines with the edge coupling by the method of moments, the matrices of per-unit-length parameters may be inaccurate, which leads to an unacceptable noncausal response at the end of the transmission line. The article proposes a simple technique of a nonuniform segmentation of multiconductor transmission lines with edge coupling boundaries to eliminate the inaccurate calculation of the capacitance matrix. This technique allows obtaining accurate capacitance matrices with the lowest computational costs on single-variant and multivariate analyses, as well as optimization or stability analysis.