Advanced subgrid FD technique for modeling waveguide structures with curved conducting and dielectric boundaries

2000 30th European Microwave Conference, EuMC 2000

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Lotz, Ralf ^a   Amdt, Fritz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COMBINED TECHNIQUES; DIELECTRIC BOUNDARY; DIELECTRIC COATINGS; DIRECT ORTHOGONALIZATION; GENERALIZED FINITE DIFFERENCE; LOCALLY CONFORMAL GRIDS; STORAGE REQUIREMENTS; WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURE;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 84897546578     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/EUMA.2000.338608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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