Efficient modal analysis of arbitrarily shaped waveguides composed of linear, circular, and elliptical arcs using the BI-RME method

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2378-2390

  Cogollos, Santiago ^a   Marini, Stephan ^a   Boria, Vicente E ^a   Soto, Pablo ^a   Vidal, Ana ^a   Esteban, Hector ^a   Morro, Jose V ^a   Gimeno, Benito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green functions; Integral equations; Waveguide components; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

CIRCULAR WAVEGUIDES; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MODAL ANALYSIS; WAVE FILTERS;

ARBITRARY PROFILES; BOUNDARY INTEGRAL-RESONANT MODE EXPANSION; CIRCULAR ARCS; ELLIPTICAL ARCS; LINEAR ARCS;

WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

EID: 0742321741     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.819776     Document Type: Article

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