The Incorporation of Static Field Solutions Into the Finite Difference Time Domain Algorithm

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1992, Pages 986-994

  Shorthouse, David B ^a   Railton, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, MONOLITHIC - COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

ASYMPTOTIC FIELDS; FDTD ALGORITHM; MICROSTRIP CIRCUITS; MMIC STRUCTURES;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0026867710     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: 15579670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.137407     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. K. S. Yee, “Numerical solution of initial boundary value problems involving Maxwell's equations in isotropic media,” IEEE Trans. antennas Propagat., vol. AP-14, no. 3, pp. 302–307, May 1956.
2. A. Taflove and K. Umashankar, “Radar cross-section of general three dimensional scatterers,” IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat., vol. EMC-25, pp. 433–440, Nov. 1983.
3. C. J. Railton and J. P. McGeehan, “Analysis of microstrip discontinuities using the finite difference time domain technique,” in IEEE MIT-S Int. Microwave Symp. Dig., Long Beach, CA, June 1989, pp. 1009- 10 12.
4. R. H. Jansen, “The spectral-domain approach for microwave integrated circuits,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-33, 33, pp. 1043–1056, Oct. 1985.
5. C. J. Railton and J. P. McGeehan, “An analysis of microstrip with rectangular and trapezoidal conductor cross sections,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-38, no. 8, pp. 1017–1022, Aug. 1990.
6. N. M. Pothecary and C. J. Railton, “Analysis of crosstalk on high speed digital circuits using the finite difference time domain method,” Int. J. Numerical Modelling, vol. 4, pp. 225–240, Sept. 1991.
7. A. Taflove and M. E. Brodwin, “Numerical solution of steady-state electromagnetic scattering problems using the time-dependent Maxwell‘s equations,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-23, 23, pp. 623–630, Aug. 1975.
8. D. H. Choi and W. J. R. Hoefer, “The finite-difference-time-domain method and its application to eigenvalue problems,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. MTT-34, pp. 1464–1469, Dec. 1986.
9. R. H. Jansen and Ing, “Hybrid mode analysis of end effects of planar microwave and millimetrewave transmission lines,” Proc. Inst. Elec. Eng., vol. 128, pt. H, no. 2, Apr. 1981.
10. A. Reineix and B. Jecko, “Analysis of microstrip patch antennas using finite difference time domain method,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. AP-37, no. 11, pp. 1361–1369, Nov. 1989.
11. X. Zhang and K. K. Mei, “TD-FD approach to the calculation of the frequency-dependant characteristics of microstrip discontinuities,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 36, no. 12, pp. 1775–1787, 1787, Dec. 1988.
12. R. De Smedt and J. G. Van Bladel, “Field singularities near aperture corners,” Proc. Inst. Elec. Eng., vol. 134, pt. A, pp. 694–698, Sept. 1987.
13. A. Taflove, K. R. Umashankar, B. Beker, F. Harfoush, and K. S. Yee, “Detailed FD-TD analysis of electromagnetic fields penetrating narrow slots and lapped joints in thick conducting screens,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 36, pp. 247–257, Feb. 1988.
14. R. De Smedt and J. G. Van Bladel, “Field singularities at the tip of a metallic cone of arbitrary cross section,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. AP-34, pp. 865–870, July 1986.
15. S. Marchetti and T. Rozzi, “Electric field singularities in microwave integrated circuits (MIC),“ in Proc. 20th European Microwave Conf, Budapest, Sept. 1990, pp. 823–828.
16. S. Marchetti and T. Rozzi, “Electric field behavior near metallic wedges,” IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. AP-38, no. 9, pp. 1333–1340, Sept. 1990.
17. G. String and G. J. Fix, An Analysis of the Finite Element Method. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1973.
18. C. R. Crawford, “Reduction of a band-symmetric generalized eigenvalue value problem,” Comm. ACM, no. 16, pp. 41–44, 1973.
19. D. B. Shorthouse and C. J. Railton, “Incorporation of static singularities into the finite difference time domain technique with application to microstrip structures,” in Proc. 20th European Microwave Conf, Budapest, Sept. 1990, pp. 531–536.
20. D. M. Sheen, S. M. Ali, M. D. Abouzahra, and J. A. Kong, “Application of the three dimensional finite-difference time domain method to the analysis of planar microstrip circuits,” IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., vol. 38, no. 7, pp. 849–857, July 1990.
21. G. Mur, “Absorbing boundary conditions for the finite-difference approximation of the time-domain electromagnetic-field equations,” IEEE Trans. Electromagn. Compat., vol. EMC-23, no. 4, pp. 377–382, 382, Nov. 1982.
22. E. M. Daniel and C. J. Railton, “An improved second order radiating boundary condition for use with non-uniform grids in the finite difference time domain method,” in Proc. 21st European Microwave Conf,, Stuttgart, Sept. 1991, pp. 547–552.
23. D. L. Paul, E. M. Daniel, and C. J. Railton, “A fast finite difference time domain method for the analysis of a planar microstrip filter,” in Proc. 21st European Microwave Conf Stuttgart, Sept. 1991, pp. 199–204.