Concurrent Field and Device Time Domain Numerical Simulation of Microwave Devices

Author

Sorrentino, R. ; Emili, G. ; Stopponi, G. ; Alimenti, F. ; Ciampolini, P. ; Roselli, Luca

Author_Institution

DIEI, UniversitÃ\xa0 di Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy; Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica e dell´´Informazione (DIEI), UniversitÃ\xa0 di Perugia, via G. Duranti 93, I-06125 Perugia, Italy. Tel: +39-75-585.3601, Fax: +39-75-585.3654,

fYear

2001

fDate

24-26 Sept. 2001

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In the last years, several techniques have been proposed to allow for the simulation of distributed structures together with electronic devices. In this scenario, two promising trends are the (NL2N)-FDTD method, which consists of the incorporation of equivalent circuits of of electronic components into one FDTD cell and the so called "Global Modeling", based on the numerical solution of Maxwell\´s equations and transport equations on the same FDTD framework. In the this work, we illustrate the two approaches by means of application examples: a quasi optical doubler, relying on packaged Schottky diodes, and a Gunn oscillator.

Keywords

Circuit simulation; Electronic components; Electronics packaging; Equivalent circuits; Finite difference methods; Maxwell equations; Microwave devices; Numerical simulation; Schottky diodes; Time domain analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2001. 31st European

Conference_Location

London, England

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EUMA.2001.339045

Filename

4140113