Publication Date
2015
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Brian Rigling (Committee Member), Michael Saville (Advisor), Yan Zhuang (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr)
Abstract
The tapered transition waveguide is used in waveguide measurement systems for characterizing biaxial electromagnetic properties of materials, but its complex geometry does not support an analytic field solution. To ensure single-mode field behavior, the system includes sections of standard waveguides that only support the dominant mode. As a result, full-wave modeling and simulation of the system is exceedingly large.
Using the finite-element method to analyze the high-order modes at the junctions and to explore field configurations within the transition altering geometry, it is shown that besides the TE10 mode, the TE11 mode is significant. Then, two methods are proposed for using multi-mode excitation in the model as a way to simulate the scattering parameters of a material without the feed and transition section.
Page Count
95
Department or Program
Department of Electrical Engineering
Year Degree Awarded
2015
Copyright
Copyright 2015, all rights reserved. This open access ETD is published by Wright State University and OhioLINK.
