Propagation Analysis of Circular Surface Waveguides with a Periodically Corrugated Ground Plane

Chin-Jui LAI
Ching-Her LEE
Chung-I G. HSU
Jean-Fu KIANG

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Electronics   Vol.E89-C    No.3    pp.395-402
Publication Date: 2006/03/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1353
DOI: 10.1093/ietele/e89-c.3.395
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Electromagnetic Theory
Keyword: 
mode-matching method,  Floquet theorem,  circular surface waveguide,  corrugated ground plane,  periodic structure,  

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Summary: 
A mode-matching technique in conjunction with the Floquet theorem is proposed to analyze the propagation characteristics of periodic circular surface waveguides. The circular waveguides are coated outside with a multilayered dielectric and have a ground plane with periodic corrugation of arbitrary profile. Three different ground corrugation profiles are examined to demonstrate the influences of the corrugation shape, depth, and width, dielectric thickness, and relative permittivity on bandstop characteristics.