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Transmission Media Transmission Media: Bounded Media Bounded Media

This document discusses waveguides, which are communication mediums that operate in the microwave frequency range (GHz order). Waveguides are constructed of metallic material and are not cables. They have an extremely large bandwidth and are mainly used for transmitting high power signals over long distances, such as from a microwave antenna to a transmitter/receiver. Common applications include connecting telephone networks to satellite dishes or terrestrial microwave stations. Waveguides come in both rigid and flexible varieties. The document also describes different types of planar waveguide structures, including microstrip lines. Microstrip lines consist of a conductor separated from a ground plane by dielectric material. They are widely used due to enabling high bandwidth in a compact design and being economical to produce.

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Transmission Media Transmission Media: Bounded Media Bounded Media

This document discusses waveguides, which are communication mediums that operate in the microwave frequency range (GHz order). Waveguides are constructed of metallic material and are not cables. They have an extremely large bandwidth and are mainly used for transmitting high power signals over long distances, such as from a microwave antenna to a transmitter/receiver. Common applications include connecting telephone networks to satellite dishes or terrestrial microwave stations. Waveguides come in both rigid and flexible varieties. The document also describes different types of planar waveguide structures, including microstrip lines. Microstrip lines consist of a conductor separated from a ground plane by dielectric material. They are widely used due to enabling high bandwidth in a compact design and being economical to produce.

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TRANSMISSION MEDIA

Wire Wire

Bounded media
Coaxial cable Twisted pair p Fiber optic Waveguide
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Waveguide

The waveguide is a communication medium also widely used, which operates i th in the range of f frequencies f i commonly referred as microwave (GHz order).
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It is constructed of metallic material which cannot be said to be a cable.

Waveguide Its Bandwidth is extremely large and is mainly used when l low l loss i is required i di in th the signal under very high power conditions such as from a microwave antenna to RF receiver / transmitter transmitter.
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Waveguide At typical i l application li ti of f thi this medium is the telephone central to download / upload signals from satellite dishes or terrestrial microwave stations.
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W Waveguide id Not all waveguides are hard hard, there are also more flexible waveguides, there is a type of waveguide that produces a company p y called Andrew, , and this type of waveguide is called fl ibl H flexible Heliax. li
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Beside and below are several types of waveguides:

Structures of planar waveguides


Power Divider
A. Micro strip elsewhere called micro-ribbons; transmission line which can handle high bandwidth, manufactured on a printed circuit (Strip: ribbon). B. Coplanar waveguide (points located on the same plane). C Line C. Li slot. l t D. Coplanar strip.

Micro strip

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Micro strip
Controlling the dimensions of conductive material, it is possible to construct passive elements (resistors, capacitors, and coils), transmission li lines and d coupling li i impedance d circuits. i it In addition to this, active elements (voltage sources, current sources) are interspersed in these structures structures.
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Micro strip example circuit (band pass filter)

The thick lines indicate capacitance in parallel. Thin lines indicate inductance in series.

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Micro strip
The micro strip line lines s structure consisting of one conductor on up side separated by an insulator from a ground plane on down side

One important parameter for micro strip lines analysis is the characteristic impedance:

h= Dielectrics Thickness w= Conductor width = Insulation permeability (H/m) = insulators dielectric constant (F/m)

A micro strip line wavelength:

=line wavelength re= Effective permittivity (depends on th dielectric the di l t i constant t t of f th the material t i l and d physical h i l di dimensions i of f micro i strip)
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Micro strip
Widely used because is possible to handle a wide bandwidth Printed Printed circuit transmission lines, which creates very compact and light circuits. Economical to produce and d easily il adaptable d t bl t to microwave technology. They They belong to the structures of planar waveguides family.

Planar waveguides g

Major disadvantages of micro i strip ti Power loss associated with the conductor conductor, dielectric and discontinuities radiation. Cannot be used g great power because its self 15 nature.

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Comparison of structures of planar waveguides

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