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    168 Field-Solver Course

    Microstrip Mitered Bend


    The microstrip bend is a discontinuity where current low around a corner is critical. Below is a
    right angle bend in a 15 mil wide line on 15 mil alumina. Note the current null at the outer corner
    and the current maximum on the inner corner. If we set the reference planes at the inside corner,
    we can extract a simple lumped element model.

    14 pH

    72 fF

    Below the bend has been mitered by 50%. The equivalent capacitance has decreased almost 50%
    and the series inductance has increased slightly.

    19 pH

    40 fF

    Finally, the “optimum” miter has been computed using a well known formula [25]. The capaci-
    tance has been cut in half again and the inductance is two times larger than the full right angle
    bend case. The current scale is 5–55 amps/meter in all three color plots.

    29 pH

    17 fF
    Field-Solver Course 169

    Microstrip Mitered Bend (cont.)


    The return loss for all three bends is shown below. Mitering clearly improves the return loss. The
    analytical model for the optimum miter is also shown.
    0
    o
    -10 90 Bend

    -20 All open symbols are


    |S 11| (dB)

    field-solver data.
    50% Miter
    -30 Analytical
    model from
    -40 Touchstone Ver. 3.5
    Analytical Optimum
    Model Miter
    -50

    -60
    2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20

    Frequency (GHz)

    This analytical model seems to work quite well for these substrate parameters and line width. To
    do a more careful validation, we should also look at the phase responses. Some recent experimen-
    tal data on the microstrip bend can be found in [26].

    Notes:

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