CITATION.cff

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cff-version: 1.2.0
title: "atlc3.0: Open-Source MCP-Enabled Transmission Line Calculator"
message: "If you use atlc3 in published research or designs, please cite as below."
type: software
authors:
  - name: "atlc3 contributors"
    website: "https://github.com/RFingAdam/atlc3"
repository-code: "https://github.com/RFingAdam/atlc3"
url: "https://github.com/RFingAdam/atlc3"
license: GPL-3.0-or-later
keywords:
  - transmission-line
  - impedance
  - microstrip
  - stripline
  - cpwg
  - pcb
  - rf
  - electromagnetics
  - mcp
  - model-context-protocol
references:
  - type: software
    title: "atlc — Arbitrary Transmission Line Calculator"
    authors:
      - family-names: Kirkby
        given-names: David
        name-suffix: G8WRB
    url: "http://atlc.sourceforge.net/"
    notes: "Original GPL implementation. atlc3 references its FD Laplace kernel."
  - type: software
    title: "atlc2"
    authors:
      - name: "Brian Beezley"
        website: "http://www.hdtvprimer.com/kq6qv/atlc2.html"
    notes: "Closed-source Windows successor. atlc3 reimplements its documented behaviour."
  - type: article
    title: "Accurate Models for Microstrip Computer-Aided Design"
    authors:
      - family-names: Hammerstad
        given-names: Erik
      - family-names: Jensen
        given-names: "Øystein"
    conference: "IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium Digest"
    year: 1980
    notes: "Closed-form microstrip Z₀ formulas used by atlc3.analytical.hammerstad."
  - type: book
    title: "Transmission Line Design Handbook"
    authors:
      - family-names: Wadell
        given-names: Brian C.
    publisher:
      name: "Artech House"
    year: 1991
    isbn: "978-0890064368"
    notes: "Reference text for stripline, CPWG, differential pair formulas."