Software verification effort at the MIMICAD center for microstrip passive components
✍ Scribed by Wu, Doris I. ;Furlow, Robert J.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 597 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1050-1827
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
A software verification effort to verify the accuracy of the simulation program developed by the Center for Microwave/Millimeter‐Wave Computer‐Aided Design (MIMICAD) is described. A set of single‐layer microstrip structures selected by the MIMICAD sponsors were fabricated on GaAs substrates for testing purposes. Ranging from an interdigitated capacitor to radial stubs to a section of meander line, these test structures are components commonly used in MMIC designs. Round‐robin measurements of the test structures were carried out among the MIMICAD sponsors to assess measurement consistency. Comparisons between the measured and simulated results as well as the effect of discretization in the simulation process are discussed.