Title :
A general planar circuit simulator based on two-dimensional TLM method
Author :
So, P.P.M. ; Hoefer, W.J.R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A very user-friendly two-dimensional circuit simulator based on the TLM (transmission-line matrix) method (2D-TLM) has been developed. It can analyze two-dimensional circuits of arbitrary geometry containing both linear and nonlinear media. The circuit geometry is input graphically. Both time-domain and frequency-domain responses can be computed and visualized. As examples, a microstrip lowpass filter, a microstrip varactor multiplier, and a waveguide post-coupled filter have been analyzed and compared with other methods.<>
Keywords :
circuit analysis computing; frequency-domain analysis; time-domain analysis; transmission line theory; arbitrary geometry; frequency-domain responses; linear media; microstrip lowpass filter; microstrip varactor multiplier; nonlinear media; planar circuit simulator; time domain response; transmission-line matrix; two-dimensional TLM method; waveguide post-coupled filter; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Frequency domain analysis; Geometry; Microstrip filters; Time domain analysis; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission lines; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 1989., IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.1989.38735
