Figure 4

The time dependence of the instantaneous impedance of the periodic microstrip lines by means of the reflected waves of time-domain pulses: (a) the calculation result of the instantaneous impedance of the bilateral periodic microstrip lines with lattice constants of 8.0 mm, 4.0 mm, 2.5 mm and 2.0 mm and with line width \(w\) = 1.04 mm, (b) the calculation result of the instantaneous impedance of the unilateral periodic microstrip lines with lattice constants of 8.0 mm, 4.0 mm, 2.5 mm and 2.0 mm and with line width \(w\) = 1.04 mm, (c) the instantaneous impedance calculation result of the bilateral periodic microstrip lines with geometry dimensions in Table 1, and (d) the instantaneous impedance calculation result of the unilateral periodic microstrip lines with geometric dimensions in Table 1.