DocumentCode
3550166
Title
Advances in the adjoint variable method for time-domain transmission line modeling
Author
Basl, Peter A W ; Bakr, Mohamed H. ; Nikolova, Natalia K.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McMaster Univ., Hamilton, Ont., Canada
fYear
2005
fDate
3-7 April 2005
Firstpage
293
Lastpage
296
Abstract
In this paper, we review recent advances in the adjoint variable method (AVM) technique for time-domain transmission-line modeling (TLM). The AVM theory is applied to estimate objective function sensitivities with respect to designable dimensions of dielectric discontinuities. Using only two simulations, the sensitivities with respect to all designable parameters can be calculated efficiently. Analytical derivatives of system matrices may also be exploited to derive an exact adjoint system.
Keywords
time-domain analysis; transmission line theory; adjoint variable method; dielectric discontinuities; objective function sensitivities estimation; time-domain transmission-line modeling; Computational modeling; Design automation; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic modeling; Electromagnetic scattering; Finite difference methods; Time domain analysis; Transmission line matrix methods; Transmission line theory; Transmission lines;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Wireless Communications and Applied Computational Electromagnetics, 2005. IEEE/ACES International Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9068-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/WCACEM.2005.1469584
Filename
1469584
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