Title :
Application of the FDTD method to the analysis of housing effects in active and nonlinear microwave circuits
Author :
Kuo, Chien-Nan ; Houshmand, Bijan ; Itoh, Tatsuo
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1595, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an application of the FDTD method to large-signal analysis of active and nonlinear microwave circuits. Nonlinear characteristics, such as harmonic generation and intermodulation, are analyzed through this full-wave technique. Results are validated by comparing with those of HP MDS simulation and are in good agreement. Moreover, the advantage of the method is demonstrated by simulating a packaged circuit.
Keywords :
Circuit simulation; Coupling circuits; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite difference methods; Microwave circuits; Microwave devices; Microwave theory and techniques; Packaging; Time domain analysis; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Conference, 1996. 26th European
Conference_Location :
Prague, Czech Republic
DOI :
10.1109/EUMA.1996.337629
