A study of the optimum compensation of open microstrip discontinuities using the FDTD method with boundary reflection error cancellation

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-57

  Naishadham, Krishna ^{a,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Lin, Xing Ping ^a,b,i,j  

^a Wright State University

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^f Wright Laboratory

^g IEEE

^h URSI Commission B   (France)

ⁱ WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j TRW

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ERRORS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; MICROWAVE CIRCUITS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

BOUNDARY REFLECTION ERROR CANCELLATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; OPEN COMPENSATION DISCONTINUITIES; OPTIMUM COMPENSATION; TRANSMISSION LINE MATRIX;

MICROSTRIP LINES;

EID: 9444241656     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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