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Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method and Its Applications PDF
Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method and Its Applications PDF
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Veysel Demir
Bachelor of Science, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Middle East Technical
University, Ankara, Turkey, 1997.
Research Assistant, Sonnet Software, Inc. Liverpool, NY, August 2000 July 2004.
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Computational Electromagnetics
Finite element
method (FEM) Method of Moments
(MoM)
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Computational Electromagnetics
Time-domain methods
Finite element
method (FEM) Method of Moments
(MoM)
ADS Momentum
HFSS
CST Microstripes
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The Finite-Difference Time-Domain Method
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FDTD Books
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Yearly FDTD Publications
Source: Allen Taflove, A Perspective on the 40-Year History of FDTD Computational Electrodynamics,
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2006.
Can be found at http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html 8/34
Maxwells Equations
Gausss law D= v
Gausss law for magnetism B= 0
B
Faradays law E=
t
D
Amperes law H= J+
t
df ( x) f ( x + x) f ( x x)
= f ( x)
dx 2 x
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FDTD Overview Cells
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FDTD Overview The Yee Cell
The FDTD (Finite Difference Time Domain) algorithm was first established
by Yee as a three dimensional solution of Maxwell's curl equations.
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FDTD Overview Material grid
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FDTD Overview Updating Equations
Three scalar equations can be obtained from one vector curl equation.
Ex H z Hy
x =
t y z
E Ey H x Hz
= H y =
t t z x
Ez H y Hx
z =
H x Ey Ez t x y
x =
t z y
H y Ez Ex H
y = = E
t x z t
H z Ex Ey
z =
t y x
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FDTD Overview Updating Equations
Ex H z H y
x =
t y z
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FDTD Overview Updating Equations
H x E y Ez
x =
t z y
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FDTD Overview Updating Equations
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FDTD Overview Leap-frog Algorithm
Exercise 1D
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Absorbing Boundary Conditions
Exercise 2D PML
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Active and Passive Lumped Elements
E
H= + E+ J
t
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Active and Passive Lumped Elements
A diode circuit
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Transformation from Time-Domain to Frequency-Domain
A low-pass filter
S11
S22
Exercise 2D object
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Near-Field to Far-field Transformations
An inverted-F antenna
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Modeling fine geometries
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Scattering Problems
( H inc + H scat ) = ( Einc + Escat ) H inc = 0 Einc
t t
A dielectric sphere
Exercise 3D PML
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Scattering from a Dielectric Sphere
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Earth / Ionosphere Models in Geophysics
Source: Allen Taflove, A Perspective on the 40-Year History of FDTD Computational Electrodynamics,
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2006.
Can be found at http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html 29/34
Wireless Personal Communications Devices
Source: Allen Taflove, A Perspective on the 40-Year History of FDTD Computational Electrodynamics,
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2006.
Can be found at http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html 30/34
Phantom Head Validation at 1.8 GHz
Source: Allen Taflove, A Perspective on the 40-Year History of FDTD Computational Electrodynamics,
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2006.
Can be found at http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html 31/34
Ultrawideband Microwave Detection of Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Source: Allen Taflove, A Perspective on the 40-Year History of FDTD Computational Electrodynamics,
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2006.
Can be found at http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html 32/34
Focusing Plasmonic Lens
Source: Allen Taflove, A Perspective on the 40-Year History of FDTD Computational Electrodynamics,
Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society (ACES) Conference, Miami, Florida, March 15, 2006.
Can be found at http://www.ece.northwestern.edu/ecefaculty/Allen1.html 33/34
Thank You
Exercise 2D PEC
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