Radiating nonuniform transmission-line systems and the partial element equivalent circuit method

High frequencies of densely packed modern electronic equipment turn even the smallest piece of wire into a transmission line with signal retardation, dispersion, attenuation, and distortion. In electromagnetic environments with high-power microwave or ultra-wideband sources, transmission lines pick up noise currents generated by external electromagnetic fields. These are superimposed on essential signals, the lines acting not only as receiving antennas but radiating parts of the signal energy into the environment.

This book is outstanding in its originality. While many textbooks rephrase that which has been written before, this book features:
* an accessible introduction to the fundamentals of electromagnetics;
* an explanation of the newest developments in transmission line theory, featuring the transmission line super theory developed by the authors;
* a unique exposition of the increasingly popular PEEC (partial element equivalent circuit) method, including recent research results.

Both the Transmission Line Theory and the PEEC method are well suited to combine linear structures with circuit networks.

For engineers, researchers, and graduate students, this text broadens insight into the basics of electrical engineering. It provides a deeper understanding of Maxwellian-circuit-like representations of multi-conductor transmission lines, justifies future research in this field.

Author Notes

Professor Jürgen Nitsch, Otto-von-Guericke-University-Magdeburg, Germany
Since 1997, Professor Jürgen Nitsch has taught at the Otto-von-Guericke-University-Magdeburg, on the chair for EMC and Theoretical Electrical Engineering. In 2004 he became an elected IEEE Fellow for Contributions to the Analysis of Complex Systems for Electromagnetic Pulse and High-Power Microwave Applications.

Professor Günter Wollenberg, Otto-von-Guericke-University-Magdeburg, Germany
Professor Günter Wollenberg has been a professor at Otto-von-Guericke-University-Magdeberg since 1992 and his teaching activities are mainly focused on the fundamentals of electrical engineering, electromagnetic field theory and transmission line theory.

Dr. Frank Gronwald, EADS Deutschland GmbH, Germany
Dr. Frank Gronwald joined the Chair of Jürgen Nitsch at the Otto-von-Guericke-University-Magdeberg in 1998 where he focussed on Theoretical Electrical Engineering, Electromagnetic Compatibility and Antenna Theory. He obtained the Habilitation Degree for Theoretical Electrical Engineering in 2006. Dr. Gronwald has been with the EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) since 2007, where he works on Electromagnetic Compatibility and Antenna Integration for Aircraft Systems. He is a senior member of IEEE and an elected member of Commission E of the International Union of Radio Science (U.R.S.I.).

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of Symbols

Introduction

1 Fundamentals of Electrodynamics

1.1 Maxwell Equations Derived from Conservation Laws an Axiomatic Approach

1.2 The Electromagnetic Field as a Gauge Field a Gauge Field Approach

1.3 The Relation Between the Axiomatic Approach and the Gauge Field Approach

1.4 Solutions of Maxwell Equations

1.5 Boundary Value Problems and Integral Equations

References

2 Nonuniform Transmission-Line Systems

2.1 Multiconductor Transmission Lines: General Equations

2.2 General Calculation Methods for the Product Integral/Matrizant

2.3 Semi-Analytic and Numerical Solutions for Selected Transmission Lines in the TLST

2.4 Analytic Approaches

References

3 Complex Systems and Electromagnetic Topology

3.1 The Concept of Electromagnetic Topology

3.2 Topological Networks and BLT Equations

3.3 Transmission Lines and Topological Networks

3.4 Shielding

References

4 The Method of Partial Element Equivalent Circuits (PEEC Method)

4.1 Fundamental Equations

4.2 Derivation of the Generalized PEEC Method in the Frequency Domain

4.3 Classification of PEEC Models

4.4 PEEC Models for the Plane Half Space

4.5 Geometrical Discretization in PEEC Modeling

4.6 PEEC Models for the Time Domain and the Stability Issue

4.7 Skin Effect in PEEC Models

4.8 PEEC Models Based on Dyadic Gree's Functions for Conducting Structures in Layered Media

4.9 PEEC Models and Uniform Transmission Lines

4.10 Power Considerations in PEEC Models

References

Appendix A Tensor Analysis, Integration and Lie Derivative

A.1 Integration Over a Curve and Covariant Vectors as Line Integrands

A.2 Integration Over a Surface and Contravariant Vector Densities as Surface Integrands

A.3 Integration Over a Volume and Scalar Densities as Volume Integrands

A.4 Poincar´e Lemma

A.5 Stokes Theorem

A.6 Lie Derivative References

Appendix B Elements of Functional Analysis

B.1 Function Spaces

B.2 Linear Operators

B.3 Spectrum of a Linear Operator

B.4 Spectral Expansions and Representations

References

Appendix C Some Formulas of Vector and Dyadic Calculus

C.1 Vector Identities

C.2 Dyadic Identities

C.3 Integral Identities

Reference

Appendix D Adaption of the Integral Equations to the Conductor Geometry

Appendix E The Product Integral/Matrizant

E.1 The Differential Equation and Its Solution

E.2 The Determination of the Product Integral

E.3 Inverse Operation

E.4 Calculation Rules for the Product Integral

References

Appendix F Solutions for Some Important Integrals

F.1 Integrals Involving Powers of vx2 + b2

F.2 Integrals Involving Exponential and Power Functions

F.3 Integrals Involving Trigonometric and Exponential Functions

Reference

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