Design of Single-Band and Dual-Band AMC Surfaces by combining a Micro-genetic Algorithm with the Spectral FDTD Method

Author

Ge, Yuehe ; Esselle, Karu P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW

fYear

2006

fDate

9-14 July 2006

Firstpage

3853

Lastpage

3856

Abstract

We present a GA/FDTD optimisation technique and its application in the design of single and multi-band artificial magnetic conducting (AMC) surfaces. The technique is a combination of a genetic algorithm (GA) and the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method. For the efficiency purpose, a micro-genetic algorithm (MGA) is applied to optimize the geometry of an AMC unit cell, and the fitness functions are evaluated by the FDTD method. The effectiveness of the algorithm is demonstrated by designing two AMC surfaces: a single-band AMC at 5.5 GHz and a dual-band AMC at 5.5 GHz and 12.0 GHz

Keywords

conducting bodies; electromagnetic wave reflection; finite difference time-domain analysis; genetic algorithms; metamaterials; 12.0 GHz; 5.5 GHz; artificial magnetic conducting surfaces; dual-band AMC surfaces; finite-difference time-domain method; fitness functions; micro-genetic algorithm; single-band AMC surfaces; spectral FDTD method; Algorithm design and analysis; Design optimization; Dual band; Finite difference methods; Genetic algorithms; Magnetic materials; Metamaterials; Optimization methods; Periodic structures; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium 2006, IEEE

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2006.1711464

Filename

1711464