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On the comparison between multiple‐region and dual‐grid finite‐difference time‐domain methods for the analysis of antenna arrays
Author(s) -
Pascaud Romain,
Gillard Raphaël,
Loison Renaud
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25456
Subject(s) - finite difference time domain method , antenna (radio) , grid , coupling (piping) , microwave , electronic engineering , dual (grammatical number) , computer science , enhanced data rates for gsm evolution , engineering , physics , mathematics , optics , telecommunications , geometry , mechanical engineering , art , literature
A comparison between the multiple‐region (MR) and dual‐grid (DG) finite‐difference time‐domain (FDTD) methods for the analysis of antenna arrays is presented.The application of both methods shows that the DG‐FDTD method is more accurate when computing the mutual coupling between antennas. Besides, it exhibits multi‐surface capabilities that make possible the fast and accurate analysis of antenna arrays, including mutual coupling and edge effects. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52:2316–2319, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25456