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A systematic variety of frequency-dependent numerical results hitherto unavailable are presented for the shielded microstrip impedance step. The computational method used is a rigorous full-wave spectral-domain approach developed by Jansen. The given data describe the steps for two very common groups of dielectric substrates as a function of stepwidth ratio in the range of normalized frequencies where it behaves like a two-port. They represent new MIC design information and are compared with quasi-static results and the widely used magnetic-wall waveguide approximation. Beyond this, they are validated against the sparse step-discontinuity data available from previous rigorous approaches.
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Koster et al. (1986) studied this question.
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