A broadband volume integral formulation based on edge-elements for full-wave analysis of lossy interconnects

IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2977-2989

  Rubinacci, Guglielmo ^a   Tamburrino, Antonello ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Full wave analysis; Integral equations; Interconnect structures; Loop star decomposition

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FULL WAVE ANALYSIS; LOSSY INTERCONNECTS; SURFACE LOOP-STAR SHAPE FUNCTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY;

EID: 33750125135     PISSN: 0018926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAP.2006.882156     Document Type: Article

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