FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF EFFECTIVE DIELECTRIC CONSTANT Use the approximate formula of (3.200) to plot the change in effective dielectric constant over frequency for a 25 αmicrostrip line on a substrate having a rela-tive permittivity of 10.0 and a thickness of 0.65 mm. Compare the approximate data

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FREQUENCY DEPENDENCE OF EFFECTIVE
DIELECTRIC CONSTANT

Use the approximate formula of (3.200) to plot the change in effective dielectric constant over frequency for a 25 αmicrostrip line on a substrate having a relative permittivity of 10.0 and a thickness of 0.65 mm. Compare the approximate data with results from a CAD model for frequencies up to 20 Ω Compare the calculated phase delay at 10 GHz through a 1.093 cm length of line when using [latex]ϵ_{e}(0) [/latex]versus [latex]ϵ_{e}(10 GHz).[/latex]

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The required linewidth for a 25 Ω impedance is w = 2.00 mm. The effective dielectric constant for this line at low frequencies can be found from (3.195) to be [latex]ϵ_{e}(0) = 7.53[/latex]. A short computer program was used to calculate the effective dielectric constant as a function of frequency using (3.200), and the result is shown in Figure 3.27. Comparison with a commercial microwave CAD package shows that the approximate model is reasonably accurate up to about 10 GHz but gives an overestimate at higher frequencies.

[latex]ϵ_{e}=\frac{ϵ_{r}+1}{2}+\frac{ϵ_{r}-1}{2}\frac{1}{\sqrt{1+12d/W} } [/latex]

[latex]ϵ_{e}(f)=ϵ_{r} - \frac{ϵ_{r}-ϵ_{e}(0)}{1+G_{f}} [/latex],

Using an effective dielectric constant of [latex]ϵ_{e}(0) = 7.53[/latex], we find the phase delay through a 1.093 cm length of line to be [latex]\phi _{0} = \sqrt{ϵ_{e}(0)} k_{0}ℓ = 360°[/latex]. The effective dielectric constant at 10 GHz is 8.120 (CAD), with a corresponding phase delay of [latex]\phi _{10} = \sqrt{ϵ_{e}(10 GHz)} k_{0}ℓ = 374°[/latex]—an error of about 14°.

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