A novel hybrid electrical/mechanical optimization technique using time-domain modeling, finite element method and statistical tools for co-design and optimization of RF-integrated mechanical structures

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

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 91-101

  You, Chisang ^a   Staiculescu, Daniela ^a   Martin, Lara ^b   Tentzeris, Manos M ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenna integration; Finite element method; Hybrid optimization; Time domain modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GEOMETRY; MICROSTRIP ANTENNAS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ANTENNA INTEGRATION; HYBRID OPTIMIZATION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODS (RSM); TIME DOMAIN MODELING;

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS;

EID: 38149121590     PISSN: 08943370     EISSN: 10991204     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnm.654     Document Type: Article

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