Provided by: atlc_4.6.1-6build1_amd64 
NAME
create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline - bitmap generator for thin conductor between two infinite
groundplanes (part of atlc)
SYNOPSIS
create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline [-v] W H w bitmapfile
WARNING
This man page is not a complete set of documentation - the complexity of the atlc project makes man pages
not an ideal way to document it, although out of completeness, man pages are produced. The best
documentation that was current at the time the version was produced should be found on your hard drive,
usually at
/usr/local/share/atlc/docs/html-docs/index.html
although it might be elsewhere if your system administrator chose to install the package elsewhere.
Sometimes, errors are corrected in the documentation and placed at http://atlc.sourceforge.net/ before a
new release of atlc is released. Please, if you notice a problem with the documentation - even spelling
errors and typos, please let me know.
DESCRIPTION
create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline is a pre-processor for atlc, the finite difference program that is
used to calculate the properties of a two-conductor electrical transmission line of arbitrary cross
section. The program create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline is used as a fast way of generating bitmaps
(there is no need to use a graphics program), for a 1 pixel thick conductor of width w, centrally located
inside a pair of groundplanes of width W and separation H. This has an exact analytical answer, when the
inner is infinitely thin and the width W is infinitely wide. This theoretical impedance is also
calculated by the create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline. It is therefore used as a test of atlc.
----------------------------------------------------- ^
| | |
| | |
| <----------w-----------> | |
| | H
| | |
| | |
----------------------------------------------------- v
<-------------------------W------------------------->
The parameters 'W' and 'H' and the inner dimensions of the outer conductor. The outer dimensions of the
inner conductor are 'w' and 'c'. The inner conductor is assumed to rest on a dielectric (Er2) which is
'd' wide and outer conductor an the inner conductor is offset 'b' from the left hand sidewall of the
outer conductor. The whole region is surrounded by a dielectric of relative permittivity 'Er1'. The
dielectrics 'Er1' and then 'Er1' and 'Er2' will both be 1.0
The bitmaps produced by create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline are 24-bit bit colour bitmaps, as are
required by atlc. Currently create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline only produces bitmaps with white
(vacuum) dielectrics.
OPTIONS
-v
Print the theoeretical impedance Zo. This only works if the width W is sufficiently wide, otherwise atlc
and the value printed here would disagree wildly.
SEE ALSO
atlc(1) create_bmp_for_circ_in_circ(1) create_bmp_for_circ_in_rect(1)
create_bmp_for_microstrip_coupler(1) create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect(1)
create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect_coupler(1) create_bmp_for_rect_in_circ(1) create_bmp_for_rect_in_rect(1)
create_bmp_for_stripline_coupler(1) design_coupler(1) find_optimal_dimensions_for_microstrip_coupler(1)
readbin(1)
http://atlc.sourceforge.net - Home page
http://sourceforge.net/projects/atlc - Download area
atlc-X.Y.Z/docs/html-docs/index.html - HTML docs
atlc-X.Y.Z/docs/qex-december-1996/atlc.pdf - theory paper
atlc-X.Y.Z/examples - examples
Dr. David Kirkby atlc-4.6.0 8th December 2003 create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline(1)