Use of static field solutions in the FDTD method for the efficient treatment of curved metal surfaces

Electronics Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 16, 1993, Pages 1466-1467

  Railton, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity resonators; Finite difference time domain method

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CIRCUIT THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; FUNCTION EVALUATION; METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES; SURFACE TREATMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; STATIC FIELD SOLUTIONS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0027909757     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19930980     Document Type: Article

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