Full-wave analysis of coplanar discontinuities considering three-dimensional bond wires

Abstract

The analysis of a simple coplanar band-reject filter based on open-ended stubs using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is presented. The influence of bond wires for grounding the side conductors of the coplanar lines is investigated. A comparison of the results obtained with accurate measurements is shown, and good agreement is obtained.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>