Title :
Integer lattice gas automata for computational electromagnetics
Author :
Treurniet, Joanne R. ; Simons, Neil R S ; Bridges, Greg E.
Author_Institution :
Ionizing Radiat. Stand., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Integer lattice gas automata (ILGA) are combined with the transmission-line matrix (TLM) method to yield a new electromagnetic-field computation algorithm using very low-precision integer variables. Lattice gas automata can be evaluated using look-up tables on special-purpose hardware and do not require floating-point arithmetic. In this paper, we present a TLM motivated ILGA with emphasis placed on algorithms that demonstrate minimal dissipation
Keywords :
cellular automata; digital arithmetic; electromagnetic fields; partial differential equations; table lookup; transmission line matrix methods; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic-field computation algorithm; integer lattice gas automata; look-up tables; low-precision integer variables; minimal dissipation; transmission-line matrix method; Automata; Computational electromagnetics; Equations; Floating-point arithmetic; Hardware; Lattices; Particle scattering; Transmission line matrix methods; Voltage; Working environment noise;
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on