On the use of an optimizer-coupled FDTD-simulator for the design of passive transmission line discontinuities

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4 PART 1, 2000, Pages 876-879

  Lingel, Th ^a   Topfer H ^a   Schneider, M ^a   Uhlmann, F H ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

FDTD; Numerical field computation; Optimization; TDR; Transmission line discontinuities

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; WAVEGUIDES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0034221503     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.877583     Document Type: Article

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