EM-based parametric optimization of a transition from microstrip to substrate integrated waveguide interconnect

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Date

2008-02

Authors

Rayas-Sánchez, José E.
Gutiérrez-Ayala, Vladimir

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Publisher

9th IEEE Latin-American Test Workshop

Abstract

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An electromagnetics (EM)-based parametric optimization of a microstrip to substrate integrated waveguide (SIW) transition is described in this work. We study the waveguide length effects over the reflection coefficient in order to find a suitable SIW surrogate model. We perform a parametric optimization of this surrogate model. Finally, we simulate the original full-length SIW interconnect with microstrip transitions at the optimal surrogate model solution, confirming a significant improvement not only in the reflections but also in the transmission. Both the SIW interconnect and its surrogate model are simulated using a commercially available full-wave EM simulator.

Keywords

SIW, Hardened Interconnects, Electromagnetic Based Optimization, Parametric Optimization, Microstrip-to-SIW Transitions, Substrate Integrated Waveguide (SIW)

Citation

J. E. Rayas-Sánchez and V. Gutiérrez-Ayala, “EM-based parametric optimization of a transition from microstrip to substrate integrated waveguide interconnect,” in 9th IEEE Latin-American Test Workshop (LATW 2008), Puebla, Mexico, Feb. 2008, pp. 145-150.