Electrical circuit component for an RF/EM circuit, a method for use in RF/EM circuit design and an electrical circuit design platform
An electrical circuit component for an RF/EM circuit, a method for use in RF/EM circuit design and an electrical circuit design platform. The electrical circuit component comprises a double-sided parallel-strip line (DSPSL) having a balanced line arranged to reject external noise from connected circuit components when fed to other electrical circuits during operation of the RF/EM circuit; wherein the DSPSL includes a pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate disposed back-to-back on opposite sides of a substrate, and the DSPSL is provided as a computer-implemented circuit component for use on an electrical circuit design platform.
1 . An electrical circuit component for an RF/EM circuit, comprising a double-sided parallel-strip line (DSPSL) having a balanced line arranged to reject external noise from connected circuit components when fed to other electrical circuits during operation of the RF/EM circuit; wherein the DSPSL includes a pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate disposed back-to-back on opposite sides of a substrate,
wherein the electrical circuit component is configured to be simulated on an electrical circuit design platform without using an electromagnetic (EM) simulator by utilizing a lumped-element equivalent circuit model; and
wherein said lumped-element equivalent circuit model utilizes a ground plane defined at a mid-point of a dielectric separation between the pair of parallel-strip lines to decompose the DSPSL into two equivalent microstrip line (MSL) networks.
2 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the DSPSL is provided as a computer-implemented circuit component for use on an electrical circuit design platform.
3 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 2 , wherein the DSPSL is arranged to operate together with other active and passive components in the RF/EM circuit, wherein the RF/EM circuit is a simulated electrical circuit.
4 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the RF/EM circuit includes an in-phase power divider, an out-of-phase power divider, a bandpass filter, a rat-race hybrid circuit, and a DC biasing network, a push-pull amplifier and an oscillator.
5 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 3 , wherein the RF/EM circuit includes a balanced circuit, and the pair of parallel-strip lines are electrically connected by a via across the substrate.
6 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the DSPSL comprises a virtual ground plane between the DSPSL.
7 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the DSPSL comprises no physical ground planes.
8 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 7 , wherein the virtual ground plane is defined at a mid-point of a dielectric separation between the pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate.
9 . The electrical circuit component in accordance with claim 5 , wherein the DSPSL further comprising an inserted conductor plane at a mid-point of a dielectric separation between the pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate.
10 . A method for use in RF/EM circuit design, comprising the step of: including a double-sided parallel-strip line (DSPSL) as an electrical circuit component having a balanced line arranged to reject external noise from connected circuit components when fed to other electrical circuits during operation of an RF/EM circuit; wherein the DSPSL includes a pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate disposed back-to-back on opposite sides of a substrate,
wherein the method further comprises simulating a circuit performance of the RF/EM circuit including the DSPSL on an electrical circuit design platform without using an electromagnetic (EM) simulator by utilizing a lumped-element equivalent circuit model;
wherein said lumped-element equivalent circuit model utilizes a ground plane defined at a mid-point of a dielectric separation between the pair of parallel-strip lines to decompose the DSPSL into two equivalent microstrip line (MSL) networks for simulation.
11 . The method in accordance with claim 10 , wherein the DSPSL is provided as a computer-implemented circuit component for use on an electrical circuit design platform.
12 . The method in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the DSPSL is arranged to operate together with other active and passive components in the RF/EM circuit, wherein the RF/EM circuit is a simulated electrical circuit.
13 . The method in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the RF/EM circuit includes an inphase power divider, an out-of-phase power divider, a bandpass filter, a rat-race hybrid circuit, and a DC biasing network, a push-pull amplifier and an oscillator.
14 . The method in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the RF/EM circuit includes a balanced circuit and the pair of parallel-strip lines are electrically connected by a via across the substrate.
15 . The method in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the DSPSL comprises a virtual ground plane between the DSPSL.
16 . The method in accordance with claim 15 , wherein the DSPSL comprises no physical ground planes.
17 . The method in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the virtual ground plane is defined at a mid-point of a dielectric separation between the pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate.
18 . The method in accordance with claim 14 , wherein the DSPSL further comprising an inserted conductor plane at a mid-point of a dielectric separation between the pair of parallel-strip lines of conducting plate.
19 . An electrical circuit design platform comprising computer-executable instructions, when being executed, arranged to perform a method for use in RF/EM circuit design in accordance with claim 10 .