A modified locally conformal finite-difference time-domain algorithm for modeling three-dimensional perfectly conducting objects

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 349-352

  Dey, Supriyo ^a   Mittra, Raj ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity resonator; Conformal FDTD; Numerical analysis; Patch antenna; Time domain technique

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ESTIMATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CONFORMAL FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; PATCH ANTENNAS;

CAVITY RESONATORS;

EID: 0032049260     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2760(19980420)17:6<349::AID-MOP4>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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