Minimization of reflection error caused by absorbing boundary condition in the FDTD simulation of planar transmission lines

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-46

  Naishadham, Krishna ^a   Lin, Xing Ping ^b  

^a Wright State University   (United States)

^b TRW Transp Electronics Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MICROSTRIP LINES; PERMITTIVITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ABSORBING BOUNDARIES; BOUNDARY REFLECTION; CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GEOMETRY REARRANGEMENT TECHNIQUE; PLANAR TRANSMISSION LINES;

TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

EID: 0029777596     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.481383     Document Type: Article

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