Title :
A modified method of lines for open and shielded structures
Author :
Fahmy, H.M. ; Van Deventer, T.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A modified approach to the method of lines (MMOL) is used to analyze shielded and open planar microwave structures. This method is based on transformation functions to reduce the number of lines while maintaining the so-called edge condition. An extensive study on the choice of these transformation functions is performed in this paper. Numerical results show the potential gain both in computational efficiency and accuracy as compared to the original MOL
Keywords :
electromagnetic shielding; microstrip lines; planar waveguides; transmission line theory; waveguide theory; MMIC; computational efficiency; edge condition; modified method of lines; open planar microwave structures; shielded planar microwave structures; transformation functions; Circuits; Computational efficiency; Conductors; Differential equations; Educational institutions; Frequency domain analysis; Microwave theory and techniques; Numerical models; Partial differential equations; Strips;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1995. Proceedings., 1995 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Rio de Janeiro
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2674-1
DOI :
10.1109/SBMOMO.1995.509724
