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RT/duroid® Double-Sided Microstrip Simulator

Closed-form full-wave electrodynamic analysis across all commercial Rogers Corporation RT/duroid® high-frequency PTFE substrates. Evaluates characteristic impedance (Z₀), frequency dispersion (ε_eff), skin-depth surface roughness, S-parameters (S₁₁, S₂₁), and RF power dissipation.

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Microstrip Geometry
20 mil (0.508 mm)
1.560 mm (61.4 mil)
0.1 mm5.0 mm10.0 mm
10.0 GHz
0.5 GHz (UHF)10 GHz (X-Band)40 GHz (Ka-Band)
mm
W
S-PARAMETER FREQUENCY RESPONSE (0.5 – 40.0 GHz)
|S11| Return Loss |S21| Transmission
Target: -15 dB Return Loss0 dB-10 dB-20 dB-30 dB-40 dB0.5G10.0G20.0G30.0G40.0G@10.0 GHz: |S11| = -33.37 dB, |S21| = -0.25 dB
Impedance Z₀
56.96 Ω
Ref 50 Ω Match
Eff. Permittivity εeff
2.200
Kirschning Dispersion
Guided Wave λg
20.21 mm
vp = 67.4% c
Skin Depth δs
0.66 µm
@ 10.0 GHz
Power Loss & Attenuation Breakdown
Length: 50 mm (1.97 in)
Conductor Loss (αc)
0.094 dB/in
0.037 dB/cm
Dielectric Loss (αd)
0.031 dB/in
tan δ = 0.0009
Total Insertion Loss
-0.246 dB
0.125 dB/in total
RF POWER BUDGET: 10W IN94.5% TRANSMITTED
Delivered to Load: 9.45 WDissipated as Heat: 0.55 W
Return Loss |S₁₁|: -33.4 dB
VSWR: 1.04:1
Electrical Length: 890.6°
Substrate Thermal Cond: 0.2 W/m·K