Impedance mismatch effects on propagation constant measurements

D.C. Degroot, D.K. Walker, R.B. Marks
Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging  
By measuring propagation constants of coplanar waveguide transmission lines, we show the significant systematic errors of common measurement techniques when the characteristic impedance of the lines does not match the reference impedance of the instrument.
doi:10.1109/epep.1996.564810 fatcat:y3x5sdu2mrfmjkbsgor7r3ppwq