Method for computing the resonator Q and effect of grid arrangement and coarseness on the external Q in the FDTD method

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E81-C, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1852-1860

  Iida, Yukio ^a  

^a KANSAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coarseness error; FDTD grid arrangement; FDTD method; Modeling of the conductor corner; Resonator Q

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONATORS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COARSENESS ERROR; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; GRID ARRANGEMENT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 0032290333     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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