Modeling the Conductor Losses of Thick Multiconductor Coplanar Waveguides and Striplines: A Conformal Mapping Approach

Abstract

A conformal-mapping approach to model the skin-effect conductor losses of thick multiconductor coplanar waveguides and multiconductor coplanar strips is proposed. The model allows for arbitrary strip or slot number and widths and is accurate for conductor thicknesses up to around 40% of the minimum strip and slot width. Examples are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the approach when compared to the results from a finite-element method numerical code.