Title :
MLFMM-Accelerated Integral-Equation Modeling of Reverberation Chambers [Open Problems in CEM]
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Photonics, Inst. of High Performance Comput., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
The widespread use of reverberation chambers (RCs) is described, and the importance of reverberation-chamber modeling is introduced. Recent developments in reverberation-chamber modeling techniques are then briefly reviewed. It is found that modeling large-scale reverberation chambers is still a challenge. Reverberation-chamber modeling using integral equations, accelerated by the Multi-Level Fast Multipole Method (MLFMM) is discussed. Simulation results are presented to show the performance of MLFMM-accelerated integral equations in modeling reverberation chambers. Finally, challenges in reverberation-chamber modeling using MLFMM-accelerated integral equations are summarized, based on numerical experiments.
Keywords :
integral equations; reverberation chambers; MLFMM-accelerated integral-equation modeling; RC modeling technique; large-scale reverberation chamber modeling; multilevel fast multipole method; reverberation chambers; reverberation-chamber modeling technique; Cavity resonators; Computational modeling; Integral equations; Mathematical model; Numerical models; Reverberation chambers; Computational electromagnetics; condition number; integral equation; multi-level fast multipole method; preconditioner; reverberation chamber;
Journal_Title :
Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MAP.2013.6735541