An Adjoint Variable Method for Time-Domain TLM With Wide-Band Johns Matrix Boundaries

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 678-685

  Bakr, Mohamed H ^a   Nikolova, Natalia K ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; MICROWAVES; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

METHOD OF MOMENTS (MOM); TRANSMISSION-LINE MODELING (TLM) METHOD;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES;

EID: 1342308040     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.822034     Document Type: Article

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