Efficient FDTD analysis of discontinuities in a square coaxial waveguide

A circular mesh scheme for the non-orthogonal finite difference time domain method

Beam forming networks (BFN) are an important component of a complex satellite antenna system because they are used to provide accurate amplitude and phase excitation to the elements of the feed network. The need for handling high power and the need for a high degree of integrability, often leads one to choose square coaxial metal lines for constructing BFNs. BFNs usually require variable power dividers such as the rat-race (or ring) couplers with constant or variable divider ratios in order to deliver a prescribed amount of power to a certain element of an antenna array to steer the beam in a desired direction. However, modeling of such circular structures in square coaxial form is not an e…

Combination of finite impulse response neural network technique with FDTD method for simulation of electromagnetic problems

The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method requires long computation times for simulating resonant or high-Q structures. The authors incorporate the finite impulse response neural network technique as a predictor in order to save time in FDTD simulations. The applicability of the technique is demonstrated by carrying out an analysis of a waveguide filter.

FDTD signal extrapolation using a finite impulse response neural network model