The generation of optimal microwave topologies using time-domain field synthesis

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 50, Issue 11 SPEC, 2002, Pages 2537-2544

  Bakr, Mohamed H ^a,b   So, P P M ^a,c   Hoefer, Wolfgang J R ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Computer aided design (CAD); Electromagnetic modeling; Field based synthesis; Transmission line matrix (TLM) method

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE STRUCTURES; TIME DOMAIN FIELD SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CIRCUIT RESONANCE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; PERMITTIVITY; SUBSTRATES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY; VECTORS;

MICROWAVE DEVICES;

EID: 0036851291     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2002.804522     Document Type: Article

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