A robust parallel conformal finite-difference time-domain processing package using the MPI library

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 39-59

  Yu, Wenhua ^a   Liu, Yongjun ^a   Su, Tao ^a   Hunag, Neng Tien ^a   Mittra, Raj ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna arrays; Dipole antennas; Dipole arrays; FDTD methods; Horn antennas; Microstrip arrays; Parallel algorithms; Parallel processing; Parallel programming

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL LIBRARIES; DIPOLE ANTENNAS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; HORN ANTENNAS; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WAVEGUIDES;

DIPOLE ARRAYS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN (FDTD) METHODS; MICROSTRIP ARRAYS;

ANTENNA ARRAYS;

EID: 30444457218     PISSN: 10459243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAP.2005.1532540     Document Type: Article

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