Convergence of FDTD and Wavelet-Collocation Modeling of Curved Dielectric Interface with the Effective Dielectric Constant Technique

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 469-471

  Fujii, Masafumi ^a   Lukashevich, Dzianis ^b   Sakagami, Iwata ^a   Russer, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Effective dielectric constant (EDC); Finite difference time domain (FDTD); Wavelet collocation method

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); SURFACES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIELECTRIC INTERFACES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0242443776     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2003.819374     Document Type: Article

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