Investigation of dispersive characteristics of surface waves in single conductor

 meander line

 

 E. M. Arsen’eva, V. I. Kalinichev, V. A. Kaloshin

Kotel'nikov Institute of  Radio Engineering and Electronics of  Russian Academy of Sciences

Received January 14, 2011

 

Abstract. Dispersive characteristics conductor and strip meander lines are numerically investigated. Dependences of phase delay and attenuation in some types of surface wave on geometrical parameters of the line are computed. It is shown that the examined single conductor meander lines are capable of guiding the surface wave with small attenuation under relatively small slow coefficients in the wide range of frequencies.

Keywords: Microwave region, Waveguides and lines, Dispersion relations.