Acceleration Technique of Modeling Lossy Reverberation Chamber Using FDTD Method Based on Quality Factor

Aiming at accelerating the simulation of the lossy reverberation chamber using the finite-difference time-domain method, a fast and accurate approach is proposed. The lumped losses of the real chamber are equivalently substituted by adding the artificial-loss atmosphere, which is evenly distributed throughout the chamber. Unlike the lumped loss, such even loss could reduce the simulation time dramatically. The conductivity of such medium is evaluated on the basis of the quality factor of the reverberation chamber, which is generally deemed as the capability of composite losses, rather than by manual attempts or experience. As examples, two different sorts of excitations are simulated to validate the correctness and generality of the artificial-loss technique.