Simulating "large" microwave circuits with the parallel Planar Generalized Yee algorithm

Author

Gedney, S. ; Lansing, F. ; Kihm, R.T. ; Owona, N. ; Virga, K.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Kentucky Univ., Lexington, KY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

17-21 June 1996

Firstpage

1011

Abstract

The Planar Generalized Yee (PGY) algorithm is presented for the full-wave analysis of "electrically-large" grounded co-planar (GCPW) circuits. The method has a significant advantage over traditional Yee-algorithm based finite-difference time domain (FDTD) methods in that it is based upon unstructured and irregular grids. The PGY algorithm has been efficiently implemented on massively parallel computers and is ideal for the rapid, broadband analysis of packaged, large, high-density circuits and multi-chip modules (MCM\´s). Simulation and measured results on several "electrically-large" circuit structures are presented.

Keywords

circuit analysis computing; microwave circuits; multichip modules; parallel algorithms; GCPW circuit; PGY algorithm; electrically large microwave circuit; full-wave analysis; grounded co-planar circuit; high-density circuit; massively parallel computer; multi-chip module; parallel Planar Generalized Yee algorithm; simulation; unstructured irregular grid; Aircraft propulsion; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit analysis computing; Circuit simulation; Finite difference methods; Integral equations; Microwave circuits; Packaging; Process design; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1996., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3246-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1996.511200

Filename

511200