Time-domain approach to microwave circuit modeling: A view of general relations between TLM and FDTD (invited article)

International Journal of RF and Microwave Computer-Aided Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 36-46

  Celuch Marcysisk, Malgorzata ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b Warsaw University of Technology ^*

^c Foundation for Polish Science

^d United World Colleges   (United Kingdom)

^e Polish Selection Committee

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; GEOMETRY; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; SYSTEM STABILITY; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

COMPUTER RESOURCES RATIO; ELECTROMAGNETIC SIMULATION; LOCAL INTEGRAL APPROXIMATIONS; MESHING TECHNIQUES; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELING;

MICROWAVE CIRCUITS;

EID: 9444293519     PISSN: 10964290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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