Software Architecture for the Design of Electromagnetic Simulators [EM Programmer´s Notebook]

Author

Fernandes, L.C. ; Soares, Antonio Jose Martins

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Brasilia, Brasilia, Brazil

Volume

55

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Feb. 2013

Firstpage

155

Lastpage

168

Abstract

A software architecture for the design of electromagnetic simulators is presented. It is suggested that the system should be structured in layers, due to the benefits of separating responsibilities, facilitating the software adaptation to consider different environments. Using this architecture, new features can be easily added to the software at low cost. An application using the proposed architecture was developed with the Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Method, but it allows different numerical methods to be implemented.

Keywords

computational electromagnetics; finite difference time-domain analysis; software architecture; FDTD method; computational electromagnetics; electromagnetic simulator design; finite-difference time-domain method; numerical method; software architecture adaptation; Computer aided engineering; Computer architecture; Electromagnetic measurements; Finite difference methods; Graphical user interfaces; Simulation; Software architecture; Software reusability; Time domain analysis; Computer aided engineering; computational electromagnetics; software architecture; software reusability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1045-9243

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MAP.2013.6474511

Filename

6474511