... halves with respect to its symmetrical interface.When an even excitation is applied to the network, as indicated in Figure 2.4(a), thesymmetrical interface is open-circuited, and the two network ... generalized scattering matrixof suspended microstrip step discontinuities,” Electronics Letters, 25, no.5, March1989, 335–336.[10] J S. Hong and J M. Shi, “Modeling microstrip step discontinuities by ... generalized scattering matrix. Anapplication of generalized scattering matrix for modeling microstrip or suspended microstrip discontinuities is described in [9]. Similarly, we may define the generalized...