Performance Evaluation of Broadband Characterization of Coupled Transmission Lines Even- and Odd-Mode Propagation Constants Using Differential and Common Mode S-Parameters

This work encompasses some relevant issues that arise when using a broadband method to characterize the even and odd mode propagation constants of symmetric microstrip coupled lines using four-port pure-mode differential and common mode S-Parameters. Correct excitations of differential and common modes play a significant role in experimental results. From these 4-port measurements, parameters corresponding to the even and odd modes can be extracted from the multi-mode generalized S-parameters obtained by the vector network analyzer. Differential and common mode sub-matrices are considered as two independent equivalent 2-port transmission lines. The method will be applied to extract the propagation constants of even and odd modes of coupled microstrip transmission lines. A discussion is included on ensuring the correct excitation of the modes in the structure and avoiding possible unwanted effects such as radiation, that negatively affects the final estimation, both in phase and attenuation. Two figures of merit are defined to evaluate how transitions affect the performance of the method. These figures of merit allow a reasonable estimation of how the final experiment is affected by selected excitation of modes. To assess the theory presented, two sets of seven lines of different lengths are manufactured. The experimental results show an excellent agreement, both with electromagnetic simulations and with the analytical model used, for the phase constant in the improved case of 30° bends, and an improvement in the useful bandwidth of the attenuation constant. This fact verifies the correct functioning of the method. In addition, the measurements are presented in the range of 0.01–67 GHz, which represents a significant advance in bandwidth for this type of structure

Minimizing the residual topography effect on interferograms to improve DInSAR results: estimating land subsidence in Port-Said City, Egypt

The accurate detection of land subsidence rates in urban areas is important to identify damage-prone areas and provide decision-makers with useful information. Meanwhile, no precise measurements of land subsidence have been undertaken within the coastal Port-Said City in Egypt to evaluate its hazard in relationship to sea-level rise. In order to address this shortcoming, this work introduces and evaluates a methodology that substantially improves small subsidence rate estimations in an urban setting. Eight ALOS/PALSAR-1 scenes were used to estimate the land subsidence rates in Port-Said City, using the Small BAse line Subset (SBAS) DInSAR technique. A stereo pair of ALOS/PRISM was used to generate an accurate DEM to minimize the residual topography effect on the generated interferograms. A total of 347 well distributed ground control points (GCP) were collected in Port-Said City using the leveling instrument to calibrate the generated DEM. Moreover, the eight PALSAR scenes were co-registered using 50 well-distributed GCPs and used to generate 22 interferogram pairs. These PALSAR interferograms were subsequently filtered and used together with the coherence data to calculate the phase unwrapping. The phase-unwrapped interferogram-pairs were then evaluated to discard four interferograms that were affected by phase jumps and phase ramps. Results confirmed that using an accurate DEM (ALOS/PRISM) was essential for accurately detecting small deformations. The vertical displacement rate during the investigated period (2007–2010) was estimated to be −28 mm. The results further indicate that the northern area of Port-Said City has been subjected to higher land subsidence rates compared to the southern area. Such land subsidence rates might induce significant environmental changes with respect to sea-level rise

Parametric Macromodels of Digital I/O Ports

This paper addresses the development of macromodels for input and output ports of a digital device. The proposed macromodels consist of parametric representations that can be obtained from port transient waveforms at the device ports via a well established procedure. The models are implementable as SPICE subcircuits and their accuracy and efficiency are verified by applying the approach to the characterization of transistor-level models of commercial devices

Behavioral Models of I/O Ports from Measured Transient Waveforms

This paper addresses the development of accurate and efficient behavioral models of digital integrated circuit ports from measured transient responses. The proposed approach is based on the estimation of parametric models from port voltage and current waveforms. The modeling process is described and applied to the modeling of output ports. Its feasibility is demonstrated by the identification of a real device from actual measurements, and by the comparison of the predicted device response with the measured one

Phase estimation by photon counting measurements in the output of a linear Mach Zehnder (MZI) interferometer

Photon counting measurements are analyzed for obtaining a classical phase parameter in linear Mach Zehnder interferometer (MZI), by the use of phase estimation theories. The detailed analysis is made for four cases: a) Coherent states inserted into the interferometer. b) Fock number state inserted in one input port of the interferometer and the vacuum into the other input port. c) Coherent state inserted into one input port of the interferometer and squeezed-vacuum state in the other input port. d) Exchanging the first beam-splitter (BS1) of a MZI by a non-linear system which inserts a NOON state into the interferometer and by using photon counting for parity measurements. The properties of photon counting for obtaining minimal phase uncertainties for the above special cases and for the general case are discussed.Comment: 27 page