Title :
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
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;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2013.6474511
