Theoretical Comparison between Calibration Standards using Straight and Bended CPW's

Kassem Hamze (1, 2) , Daniel Pasquet (1) , Philippe Descamps (1) , Edouard de Ledinghen (2)

1 CRISMAT - Laboratoire de cristallographie et sciences des matériaux
2 Presto Engineering Europe

The purpose of this article is to describe the effect of the parasitic even mode on the propagation of a signal along a bended coplanar waveguide and to evaluate the errors when bended standards are used in a TRL calibration instead of straight ones.

Keywords: Ohmic losses; Ground-Signal-Ground (GSG); Characteristic impedance; TRL Calibration standards; Coplanar and slot mode; Calibration; Coplanar waveguides; Impedance; Probes; Standards; Transmission line matrix methods; Europe; Bending

Domains: Chemical Sciences; Chemical Sciences; Cristallography; Chemical Sciences; Material chemistry; Chemical Sciences; Theoretical and/or physical chemistry

Kassem Hamze, Daniel Pasquet, Philippe Descamps, Edouard de Ledinghen. Theoretical Comparison between Calibration Standards using Straight and Bended CPW's. 13th International Conference on Advanced Technologies, Systems and Services in Telecommunications (TELSIKS), Oct 2017, Nis, SERBIA, Serbia. pp.150-153, ⟨10.1109/TELSKS.2017.8246251⟩. ⟨hal-02175412⟩