Finite-volume time-domain (FVTD) modelling of a broadband double-ridged horn antenna

International Journal of Numerical Modelling: Electronic Networks, Devices and Fields

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 285-298

  Baumann, Dirk ^a   Fumeaux, Christophe ^a   Leuchtmann, Pascal ^a   Vahldieck, Rüdiger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Double ridged horn antenna; FVTD

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS; DOUBLE-RIDGED HORN ANTENNAS; FINITE-VOLUME TIME-DOMAIN (FVTD) METHOD; YEE ALGORITHMS;

HORN ANTENNAS;

EID: 2442571060     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnm.545     Document Type: Conference Paper

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