Estimating Microstrip Substrate Relative Dielectric Constant

From: Microwaves & RF | Date: December 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

These equations can be applied to a number of different substrate materials to estimate the relative dielectric constant of circuit boards with microstrip transmission lines.

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Microstrip lines are commonly used in microwave circuits, although their performance is subject to the type of substrate material selected for a printed-circuit board (PCB). One of the more important material parameters for the substrate is the relative dielectric constant, which should be known before designing a high-frequency, microstrip-based circuit. What follows is a simple ...

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