Parallel FDTD Modeling of a Focal Plane Array with Vivaldi Elements on the Highly Parallel LOFAR BlueGene/L Supercomputer

IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, AP-S International Symposium (Digest)

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 3861-3864

  Maaskant, R ^a   Ivashina, M V ^a   Mittra, R ^b   Yu, W ^b   Huang, N T ^b  

^a ASTRON   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; FOCUSING;

FDTD MODELING; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FOCAL-PLANE ARRAYS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HIGHLY PARALLELS; PARALLEL COMPUTER; UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN; VIVALDI;

SUPERCOMPUTERS;

EID: 55649090903     PISSN: 15223965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/APS.2006.1711466     Document Type: Conference Paper

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