A Simple Technique for Minimization of ABC-Induced Error in the FDTD Analysis of Microstrip Discontinuities

IEEE Microwave and Guided Wave Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 1994, Pages 402-404

  Lin, Xing Ping ^a   Naishadham, Krishna ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROSTRIP LINES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MICROSTRIP DISCONTINUITIES; MINIMIZATION ABSORBING BOUNDARY CONDITIONS INDUCED ERRORS;

MICROSTRIP DEVICES;

EID: 0028753393     PISSN: 10518207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/75.336227     Document Type: Article

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