Analysis of planar microwave structures using transmission line-periodic lumped circuit by an iterative method WCIP

The theory of a novel approach of the WCIP method to analyze periodic lumped circuits has been presented. Transmission lines in their planar form (microstrip technology) can be modelled by an equivalent periodic lumped circuit that permits a fast analysis instead of the use of many electromagnetic full wave simulators which require a great running time and great memory size. The validation of the proposed approach was made by comparing the results of simulation with ADS simulator of a bandpass filter designed in its planar form and equivalent periodic lumped circuit.