A practical guide to 3-D simulation

IEEE Microwave Magazine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 62-75

  Weiland, Thomas ^a   Timm, Martin ^b   Munteanu, Irina ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b CST GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION RANGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; EM SIMULATION TOOLS; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAINS; FINITE INTEGRATION TECHNIQUES; NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; PASSIVE COMPONENTS; PHYSICAL LIMITATIONS; PRACTICAL GUIDES; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENTS; SPECIFIC PROPERTIES; TRANSMISSION LINES;

CURVE FITTING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; MODEL STRUCTURES; NUMERICAL METHODS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TOOLS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 56549088054     PISSN: 15273342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MMM.2008.929772     Document Type: Article

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30. All simulation pictures created with CST MICROWAVE STUDIO, except Figure 6, created with CST MICROSTRIPES.