Suitability of FDTD-Based TCAD Tools for RF Design of Mobile Phones

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 52-66

  Chavannes, Nicolas ^a   Tay, Roger ^b   Nikoloski, Neviana ^c   Kuster, Niels ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^c FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN SOCIETY IT IS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenna measurements; Computer aided analysis; Computer aided engineering; Design automation; FDTD methods; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Multifrequency antennas; Numerical analysis; Simulation software; Software tools

Indexed keywords

LAND MOBILE RADIO CELLULAR EQUIPMENT; SPECIFIC ABSORPTION RATE (SAR);

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTERS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 1642389304     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2003.1282180     Document Type: Article

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