The theory of a singularity-enhanced FDTD method for diagonal metal edges

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 312-321

  Foroughipour, Seyed Mahmoudreza ^a   Esselle, Karu P ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CFDTD; Contour path; Edge; Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Metal; Microstrip; Singular; Split cell; Subcell

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIAGONAL METAL EDGES; MICROSTRIP PATCH ANTENNAS; SPLIT CELL SUBCELL; VAN BLADEL EQUATIONS;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 0038190659     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2003.809067     Document Type: Article

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