
TRANSMISSION LINES
29-29
DIELECTRIC
C~NTER
SUBSTRATE STRIP
Fig.
27.
Cross
section
of
coplanar transmission line.
k
=
s/(2w
+
s)
where for the range of practical interest
1
5
h/w
<
m.
The value of
E,
is given by?
E,
=
[(E,
+
1)/2] {tanh[0.775 In
(hlw)
+
1/75]
+
k(w/h)[0.04
-
0.7k
+
O.Ol(1
-
0.1
E,)
(0.25
+
k)]}
If
t
is not negligible, k and
E,
in the expressions for
t
=
0
must be replaced with?
k“
=
k
+
(1
-
k2) (1.25t/2w?r)[l
+
In (4?rs/t)]
E:
=
E,
-
0.7(~,
-
1)
(t/w)/(K,
+
0.7t/w)
Fig. 28 is a graph of characteristic impedance calcu-
lated from the formulas in this section for
t
=
0.
ATTENUATION AND POWER
RATING
OF
LINES AND
CABLES
Attenuation
Fig. 29 illustrates the attenuation of general-purpose
radio-frequency lines and cables up to their practical
upper frequency limit. Most of these
are
coaxial-type
lines, but waveguide and microstrip are included for
comparison.
The following notes are applicable to this figure.
(A)
For the RG-type cables, only the number is
given (for instance, the curve for RG-218/U is labeled
218. Refer to the table of radio-frequency cables.) The
data on RG-type cables are taken mostly from
“RF
Transmission Lines and Fittings,” MIL-HDBK-216,
4
January 1962, revised
18
May 1965, and from “Solid
Dielectric Transmission
Lines,
”
Electronic Industries
Association Standard RS-199, December 1957.
Some approximation is involved in order to simplify
the figure. Thus, where a single curve is labeled with
several type numbers, the actual attenuation of each
individual type may be slightly different from that
shown by the curve.
7
K.
C.
Gupta, et.
al.,
Microstrip
Lines
and
Slotlines,
(Dedham, Mass.: Artech House,
1969).
k
=
s/(2w+s)
Fig.
28.
Graph showing characteristic impedance of coplanar
transmission line.
(B)
The curves for rigid copper coaxial lines
are
labeled with the diameter of the line only, as %“C.
These have been computed for the lines listed in “Rigid
Coaxial Transmission Lines, 50 Ohms,” Electronic
Industries Association Standard RS-225, August 1959.
The computations considered the copper losses only, on
the basis of a resistivity
p
=
1.724 microhm-centi-
meters; a derating of 20 percent has been applied to
allow for imperfect surface, presence of fittings, etc., in
long installed lengths. Relative attenuations of the
different sizes are
A~L/S,C
z
0.13A,/”
A~%J,
0.26A,/11
A,S,8,,
z
0.51A,/rr
(C)
Typical curves are shown for three sizes
of
50-ohm semirigid cables such as Styroflex, Spiroline,
Heliax, Alumispline, etc. These are labeled by size in
inches, as
%“S.
(D)
The microstrip curve is for Teflon-impregnated
fiberglass dielectric
?h
6-inch thick and conductor strip
Yiz-inch wide.
(E)
Shown for comparison is the attenuation in the
TE,,,
mode of five sizes of brass waveguide. The
resistivity of brass was taken as
p
=
6.9 microhm-