Finite-difference time-domain method in custom hardware?

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 488-490

  Schneider, Ryan N ^a   Okoniewski, Michal M ^a   Turner, Laurence E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Digital circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Finite difference time domain (FDTD) methods

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CAPACITORS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DIGITAL FILTERS; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; FIELD PROGRAMMABLE GATE ARRAYS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; LADDER NETWORKS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

CUSTOM HARDWARE; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHODS; LOSSLESS DISCRETE INTEGRATOR;

COMPUTER HARDWARE DESCRIPTION LANGUAGES;

EID: 0036961701     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2002.805948     Document Type: Letter

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