A new 3-D FDTD multigrid technique with dielectric traverse capabilities

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 422-430

  White, Mikel J ^a,b   Yun, Zhengqing ^a,b   Iskander, Magdy F ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex structures; Dielectric traverse; Electrically large; Finite difference time domain method; Multigrid; Sub gridding

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC TRAVERSE CAPABILITIES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC DEVICES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035273831     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/22.910545     Document Type: Article

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