A fast hybrid field-circuit simulator for transient analysis of microwave circuits

Author

Aygün, Kemal ; Fischer, Brian C. ; Meng, Jun ; Shanker, Balasubramaniam ; Michielssen, Eric

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

52

Issue

2

fYear

2004

Firstpage

573

Lastpage

583

Abstract

A plane-wave-time-domain accelerated time-domain integral-equation solver is coupled to a SPICE-like transient circuit simulator to analyze electromagnetic platform-circuit interactions. The hybrid field-circuit simulator simultaneously solves surface-wire-volume time-domain integral equations that model electromagnetic interactions with the platform and modified nodal analysis equations that govern the behavior of the potentially nonlinear lumped circuits. A shielded nonlinear microwave amplifier is analyzed using the proposed scheme, and its immunity to electromagnetic interference is assessed.

Keywords

S-parameters; SPICE; circuit simulation; computational complexity; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic interference; integral equations; microwave amplifiers; microwave circuits; nonlinear network analysis; time-domain analysis; transient analysis; SPICE-like simulator; accelerated integral-equation solver; complex microwave structures; electromagnetic interference; electromagnetic platform-circuit interactions; fast hybrid field-circuit simulator; marching on in time; microwave circuits; modified nodal analysis equations; nonlinear lumped circuits; plane-wave-time-domain solver; shielded nonlinear microwave amplifier; surface-wire-volume integral equations; transient analysis; Acceleration; Analytical models; Circuit simulation; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic shielding; Integral equations; Microwave circuits; Time domain analysis; Transient analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2003.821929

Filename

1266883