Performing 3-D FDTD simulations in less than 3 seconds on a personal computer and its application to genetic algorithm antenna optimization

Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 128-135

  Griffiths, Lance Allen ^a   Furse, Cynthia M ^a  

^a University of Utah   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ERRORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA SIMULATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHOD; GAUSSIAN PULSES; NUMERICAL DISPERSION;

MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS;

EID: 23144450755     PISSN: 10544887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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